The Mother and the Whore

1973 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Romance

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 7555 7.6K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Jean Eustache Photo
Jean Eustache

Top cast

Bernadette Lafont Photo
Bernadette Lafont as Marie
Berthe Granval Photo
Berthe Granval as L'amie de Marie
Bernard Eisenschitz Photo
Bernard Eisenschitz as Maurice
Isabelle Weingarten Photo
Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte
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1.96 GB
1280*934
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
3 hr 38 min
Seeds 4
1.96 GB
1280*932
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   es   fi   it   no   sv  
24 fps
3 hr 38 min
Seeds 3
3.64 GB
1480*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   es   fi   it   no   sv  
24 fps
3 hr 38 min
Seeds 10
3.64 GB
1424*1036
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   es   fi   it   no   sv  
24 fps
3 hr 38 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GonzoRoll 8 / 10

The price of free love

Two female protagonists with overly exaggerated names to display the cynicism and to mock the idea of free love that was still significantly present, but not as widely spread in the time of release of this movie as it was just a few years back.Story is relatively presented through the lengthy chunks of dialogue, with loads of notable close-ups to draw the attention of viewers, showing the apathy, irritation and contempt, but also harmony and gratification occurring within the love triangle formed of the three main protagonists.La maman et la putain, one of the last examples of utterly momentous new wave, also represents a last farewell to this influential movement, leaving the distinctive french cinema in the hands of a new generation with all its beliefs and attitudes.
Reviewed by StevieGB 9 / 10

Watching the girls get hurt by the same old same old

A have a female friend who is currently being drawn into a relationship with an SOB who has a long term girlfriend. Of course the SOB is very good-looking, charming, etc and my friend is a very intelligent woman. Watching Jean Pierre Leaud's character at work is exactly like watching what goes on in real life when guys like that destroy the lives of our female friends. It's tragic, and you know she's going to end up very hurt, but there's nothing you can do. Leaud is brilliant. Totally empty. A blank throughout, he pulls the faces and tells the stories he thinks will get the reaction he wants.The scene two hours in when Leaud and Lebrun have made love, and the next morning he puts on a record and, very sweetly and charmingly, sings along to amuse her is brilliant. The "What the hell am I doing here with this idiot" expression that flickers back and forth across her face will be in my memory for a long time to come.It's a long film, but see it in one go, preferably in a cinema. Takes a while to get into, but then the time just disappears.
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