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The Mother and the Whore
La maman et la putain
1973
Synopsis
Alexandre is an idle, self-absorbed young intellectual living in Paris, spending most of his days lecturing his friends on political and philosophical topics. While living off his girlfriend, Marie, he chases other girls. He soon meets Veronika, a liberated woman, and a rocky ménage à trois ensues.
Editorial
In 1973, Jean Eustache sounded the death knell for the revolutionary sixties and trashed the anarchic jubilance of the French New Wave in one long and sordid swoop. Still revered by cinema’s enfants terribles, this punk paragon of disillusionment is indispensable filmmaking: a defiant must-watch.
