The Mouth Agape

The Mouth Agape (1974)

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Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle to express, or feel, their love for one another.

Date of release
1974-05-08
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (41)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Maurice Pialat

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Interesting facts

The Mouth Agape is a 1974 French tragedy film directed by Maurice Pialat. It depicts, in a cinematic realist fashion, a woman going through a terminal illness and also dealing with the tumultuous lives of her husband and son. It was one of the least commercially successful of Pialat's films. It was the third film of the ten that he directed before his death in January 2003. It is also known under the titles The Gaping Mouth and The Gaping Maw.

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