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The Mother and the Whore
This masterpiece by French director Jean Eustache is a scathing love story set in the aftermath of May 1968. Jean-Pierre Leaud stars as Alexandre, a Parisian slacker whose open relationship with live-in girlfriend Marie (Bernadette Lafont) seems id... This masterpiece by French director Jean Eustache is a scathing love story set in the aftermath of May 1968. Jean-Pierre Leaud stars as Alexandre, a Parisian slacker whose open relationship with live-in girlfriend Marie (Bernadette Lafont) seems ideal, but proves damaging and unrealistic on an emotional level. He begins an affair with Veronika (Francois Lebrun), a sexually promiscuous nurse at a local hospital, and they fall in love, despite their chosen, casual lifestyles. The three of them later try to make it as a menage a trois, but mostly they drink lots of whiskey, smoke lots of cigarettes, play lots of records, and say lots and lots of brilliant things over the course of the film`s 215 minutes of running time. Isabelle Weingarten co-stars as one of Alexandre`s previous loves, and Jacques Renard plays his sardonic friend. Look for Eustache himself behind sunglasses in a funny bit at a supermarket. This fearless, funny, and insightful film has been called one of the key works of 1970s cinema. It`s in French with very profane subtitles.
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