Rent The Mother and the Whore (1973)
4.0 of 5 from 49 ratings
3h 38min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
After the French New Wave, the sexual revolution, and the upheavals of May 1968 came the near religiously revered magnum opus by Jean Eustache. In his long-unavailable body of work, ranging from documentaries about his native village to closely autobiographical narrative films, Eustache pioneered a forthright and fearless brand of realism. The pinnacle of this innovative style, 'The Mother and the Whore' follows Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Leaud), a Parisian pseudo-intellectual who lives with his tempestuous girlfriend, Marie (Bernadette Lafont), even as he begins a dalliance with the sexually liberated Veronika (Frangoise Lebrun), leading the three into an emotionally turbulent love triangle. Through daringly sustained long takes and confessional dialogue, Eustache captures a generation navigating the disillusionment of the 1970s, and in the process achieves an intimacy so deep it cuts. - Actors:
- Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noël Picq, Jessa Darrieux, Berthe Granval, Geneviève Mnich, Marinka Matuszewski, Jean-Claude Biette, Pierre Cottrell, Jean Douchet, Douchka, Bernard Eisenschitz, Jean Eustache, Caroline Loeb, Noël Simsolo, André Téchiné
- Directors:
- Jean Eustache
- Producers:
- Bob Rafelson
- Writers:
- Jean Eustache
- Aka:
- La maman et la putain
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Countries:
- France
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 218 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with actor Frangoise Lebrun
- New conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and writer Rachel Kushner
- Program on the film's restoration
- Segment from the French television series Pour le cinema featuring Lebrun, director Jean Eustache, and actors Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Pierre Leaud
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Lucy Sante and an introduction to the film by Eustache
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/01/2025
- Run Time:
- 218 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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