The Mother and the Whore (1973)
La maman et la putain
210 min
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.
- Release date
- May 17, 1973
- Country of origin
- France
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Trailer
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alexandre
- Bernadette Lafont as Marie
- Françoise Lebrun as Veronika
- Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte
- Jacques Renard as L'ami d'Alexandre
- Jean-Noël Picq as Le fan d'Offenbach
- Berthe Granval as L'amie de Marie
- Geneviève Mnich as L'amie de Veronika
- Jean-Claude Biette as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- Pierre Cottrell as (uncredited)
- Jean Douchet as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
- Bernard Eisenschitz as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
- Jean Eustache as Man in Sunglasses in Store (uncredited)
- Caroline Loeb as A young girl reading the newspaper on the terrace (uncredited)
- Noël Simsolo as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
- André Téchiné as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- Douchka as The woman with the bandage (uncredited)
- Bernadette Lafont as Alexandre's live-in girlfriend
- Françoise Lebrun as Alexandre's live-in girlfriend
- Isabelle Weingarten as Alexandre's ex-girlfriend
- Jacques Renard as Alexander's friend
- Jessa Darrieux as L'amie à la main blessée
- Berthe Granval as Mary's friend
- Geneviève Mnich as Veronika's friend
- Marinka Matuszewski
Crew
- Jean Eustache · Director
- Jean Eustache · Writer
- Pierre Lhomme · Cinematographer
- Denise de Casabianca · Editor
- Jean Eustache · Editor