Directed by:
Jean EustacheScreenplay:
Jean EustacheCinematography:
Pierre LhommeCast:
Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, André Téchiné, Jean Eustache, Jean Douchet, Geneviève Mnich (more)Plots(1)
Alexandre, a young, idle dilettant, lives with his lover, Marie, and strolls around Paris's Left Bank. One day, he meets Veronika, a young nurse. He begins an affair with Veronika, without leaving Marie… (Cannes Film Festival)
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The Mother and the Whore is an essential “French gab-fest”, but unlike most of its successors and imitators (including Wes Anderson), it not only doesn’t take itself so deadly seriously, but it also doesn’t hesitate to step into the waters of disarming immediacy and shallowness. As a result, this mammoth film about the delicate subject of amorous relationships can be simultaneously romantic and caustic, as well as tragic and playful.
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A long movie where there is a lot of talking, of course passionately, and everything makes sense. However, I still didn't enjoy it and it just seemed too long to me. I would rather watch "Titanic" again than this, and I never had to watch "Titanic". I guess it's because of how influenced I am by the American style of filmmaking and approach to movies.
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