The Mother and the Whore (1973)
La Maman et la Putain
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.
- Date of release
- 1973-05-17
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (207)
- Runtime
- 3h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Jean Eustache
Casting
- Jean-Pierre Léaud — Alexandre
- Bernadette Lafont — Marie
- Françoise Lebrun — Veronika
- Isabelle Weingarten — Gilberte
- Jacques Renard — Alexandre's Friend
- Jean-Noël Picq — Offenbach's Fan
- Berthe Granval — Marie's Friend
- Geneviève Mnich — Veronika's Friend
- Jessa Darrieux — The friend with the injured hand
- Marinka Matuszewski
- Jean-Claude Biette — Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- Pierre Cottrell — (uncredited)
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