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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Bernadette Lafont as Marie |
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Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alexandre |
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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 (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Eustache | Director |
| Directing | Rémy Duchemin | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nara Kollery | Sound mixer |
| Editing | Jean Eustache | Editor |
| Directing | Luc Béraud | Assistant Director |
| Production | Claude Bertrand | Production Manager |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Camera Operator |
| Production | Pierre Cottrell | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Denise de Casabianca | Editor |
| Writing | Jean Eustache | Writer |
| Production | Claude Berri | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christian Fechner | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marcel Berbert | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vincent Malle | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bob Rafelson | Producer |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Rassam | Co-Producer |
| Production | Barbet Schroeder | Co-Producer |
| Production | Claude Bertrand | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Garnier | Costume Design |
| Production | Alain Coiffier | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jacques Renard | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Monique Prim | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Michel Cénet | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Paul Lainé | Sound Recordist |