Actors : Alain Artur, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Gérard Depardieu, Directors : Maurice Pialat,
Dossignan is a zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan, then will try to save the soul of Mouchette, a young girl who killed one of her lovers.