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.
- Released
- 1973-05-17
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 219 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean Eustache
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 207 votes
Cast
- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Alexandre
- Bernadette Lafont as Marie
- Françoise Lebrun as Veronika
- Isabelle Weingarten as Gilberte
- Jacques Renard as Alexandre's Friend
- Jean-Noël Picq as Offenbach's Fan
- Berthe Granval as Marie's Friend
- Geneviève Mnich as Veronika's Friend
- Jessa Darrieux as The friend with the injured hand
- Marinka Matuszewski
- Jean-Claude Biette as Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
- Pierre Cottrell as (uncredited)