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Mother and the Whore (The)

Country: France, Language: French, 315 mins

Original Title

La maman et la putain
  • Director: Jean Eustache
  • Writer: Jean Eustache
  • Producer: Pierre Cottrell; Vincent Malle

CGiii Comment

In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Alexandre, who is idle and chauvinist, spends his days reading, drinking and shagging women. After flirting with his former affair, Gilberte, who tells him that she will marry soon her boyfriend, Alexandre meets the Laenne Hospital nurse Veronika Osterwald and they schedule a date. Alexandre learns that Veronika is a promiscuous woman that loves to shag and introduces her to Marie. They have a threesome and Alexandre has a crush on Veronika.


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Cast & Characters

Bernadette Lafont as Marie;
Jean-Pierre Leaud as Alexandre;
Francoise Lebrun as Veronika;
Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte;
Jacques Renard as Alexandre's Friend;
Jean-Noel Picq as Offenbach's Fan;
Jean-Claude Biette as Cafe Les Deux Magots' Customer;
Pierre Cottrell;
Jessa Darrieux;
Jean Douchet as Cafe de Flore's Customer;
Douchka;
Bernard Eisenschitz as Cafe de Flore's Customer;
Jean Eustache as Man in Sunglasses in Store;
Berthe Granval;
Caroline Loeb