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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
371 audience votes
Key crew
- Agnès VardaDirector
- Agnès VardaWriter
Cast
- Sandrine BonnaireMona Bergeron
- Macha MérilMadame Landier
- Yolande MoreauYolande
- Stéphane FreissJean-Pierre
- Setti RamdaneThe Moroccan Who Discovers Mona
- Yahiaoui AssounaAssoun
- Marthe JarniasOld Aunt Lydie
- Francis BalchèreGendarmerie
- Jean-Louis PerlettiGendarmerie
- Urbain CausseFarmer Interviewed
- Christophe AlcazarDitch Burner
- Dominique DurandFirst Biker
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Themes
homeless personfreedomsouthern francedead bodydriftertold in flashbackvagrantwoman director
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