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The Mother and the Whore

La Maman et la Putain

1973

Director:
Jean Eustache
Studio:
Élite Films, Ciné Qua Non, Les Films du Losange, Simar Films, V.M. Productions
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Lebrun

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Alexandre, an idle young Parisian intellectual, lives with his older girlfriend Marie, a boutique owner, while he pursues Veronika, a promiscuous nurse. The three drift into a love triangle, and their long conversations about sex, love and post-1968 politics grow more painful.