Story :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.
Cast
Sandrine BonnaireMona Bergeron
Macha MérilMme 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
Joël FossePaulo
Patrick SchmitCamionneur
Daniel BosWrecker
Katy ChampaudGirl at the Pump
Raymond RoulleOld Man with Matches
Agnès Varda(uncredited)
Laurence CortadellasEliane
Henri FridianiThe Gravedigger
Patrick SokolThe Young Man with the Sandwich
Pierre ImbertThe Mechanic
Richard ImbertThe Mechanic's Son
Gabriel MarianiYolande's uncle (Aimé B.I.O.N.N.E.T.)
Patrick LepczynskiDavid, the Wandering Jew
Michèle DoumècheThe p... on the route
Pierette SolerThe Lady Talking to Her Husband
Pierre EmonnotThe Unhappy Manager
Emmanuel ProtopopoffThe Blood Donor Backpacker
Vincent SanchezThe Nurse
Garibaldi FernandezThe Mason with the Round Hat
Michel ConstantialThe Cash Register Manager
Alain RousselThe Violent Woodsman
Aimé ChisciThe Farm Manager
Geneviève BonfilsThe Farm Manager's Wife
Christian ChessaThe ZONARD-MAC at the Gas Station
Setina ArhabThe Zonarde
Jacques BerthierThe Well-Dressed Little Gentleman
Olivier JongerlinckThe Racketeer at the Photo Booth