The Mother and the Whore (1973)
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
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Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alexandre |
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Bernadette Lafont as Marie |
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Françoise Lebrun as Veronika |
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Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte |
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Jacques Renard as Alexandre's Friend |
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Jean-Noël Picq as Offenbach's Fan |
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Berthe Granval as Marie's Friend |
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Geneviève Mnich as Veronika's Friend |
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Jessa Darrieux as The friend with the injured hand |
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Marinka Matuszewski as |
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Jean-Claude Biette as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited) |
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Pierre Cottrell as (uncredited) |
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Jean Douchet as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited) |
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Bernard Eisenschitz as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited) |
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Jean Eustache as Man in Sunglasses in Store (uncredited) |
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Caroline Loeb as A young girl reading the newspaper on the terrace (uncredited) |
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Noël Simsolo as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited) |
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André Téchiné as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited) |
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Douchka as The woman with the bandage (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Eustache | Director |
| Production | Pierre Cottrell | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Nara Kollery | Sound mixer |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Editing | Jean Eustache | Editor |
| Production | Claude Bertrand | Production Manager |
| Directing | Rémy Duchemin | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luc Béraud | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Jean Eustache | Writer |
| Production | Marcel Berbert | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christian Fechner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Claude Berri | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Rassam | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Garnier | Costume Design |
| Production | Claude Bertrand | Production Manager |
| Production | Vincent Malle | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bob Rafelson | Producer |
| Production | Barbet Schroeder | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Monique Prim | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jacques Renard | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine | Costume Designer |
| Production | Alain Coiffier | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Michel Cénet | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Paul Lainé | Sound Recordist |