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The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Directed by Jean Eustache
Drama, Romance · 3h 39m
Aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. Marie becomes increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika and as the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
Cast
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Alexandre
Bernadette Lafont
Marie
Françoise Lebrun
Veronika
Isabelle Weingarten
Gilberte
J
Jacques Renard
Alexandre's Friend
J
Jean-Noël Picq
Offenbach's Fan
Berthe Granval
Marie's Friend
Geneviève Mnich
Veronika's Friend
J
Jessa Darrieux
The friend with the injured hand
M
Marinka Matuszewski
Jean-Claude Biette
Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
P
Pierre Cottrell
(uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Jean Eustache
- Writer
- Jean Eustache
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Lhomme
- Editor
- Denise de Casabianca, Jean Eustache
- Producer
- Bob Rafelson
Details
- Original title
- La Maman et la Putain
- Release date
- 1973-05-17
- Runtime
- 3h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- V. M. Productions, Ciné Qua Non, Les Films du Losange, Simar Films, Elite Films