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THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE / LA MAMAN ET LA PUTAIN / МАТУСЯ Й ШЛЬОНДРА

1973 / 219' / France

Alexandre, a young, idle dilettant, lives with his lover, Marie, and strolls around Paris’s Left Bank. One day, he meets Veronika, a young nurse. He begins an affair with Veronika, without leaving Marie…

 

Screenings schedule:


15.07.2024 at 10:00, House of Cinema, 6 Saksaganskogo Street (Kyiv), Red Hall

 

DIRECTOR - JEAN EUSTACHE


Biography

Jean Eustache (1938-1981) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, and editor. During his short career, he directed numerous short films as well as a couple of highly acclaimed feature films. His first feature film, "The Mother and the Whore" (1973, Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival), is considered a key work in French cinema after the Nouvelle Vague.


Selected filmography

  • Les Mauvaises Fréquentations (1963)

  • Le père Noël a les yeux bleus (1966)

  • La Maman et la Putain (1973)

  • Mes petites amoureuses (1974)

  • Une sale histoire (1977)

  • La Rosière de Pessac 79 (1979)

 

Screenwriter: Jean Eustache

DOP: Pierre Lhomme

Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noël Picq, Jean Douchet, Jean Eustache

Production: Elite Films, Cine Qua Non, Les Films Du Losange, Simar Films, V M Productions

Sales agent: Les Films du Losang


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