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Hellé is a young deaf-mute living among the mountains. She’s ignored by everyone except, now and then, the local woodsmen, who use her for their pleasure. She has no education, no knowledge of right or wrong. One summer, a young man comes to spend the holidays in her village.
Cinematography
Alpine landscapes shot like fever dreams, beauty and menace intertwined.
Acting
Gwen Welles communicates everything without a single word. Devastating.

Director
Roger Vadim
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