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