The Mother and the Whore
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5/17/1973Runtime
219 minsOverview
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.
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A deliberately paced, intimate portrait of three people caught in an impossible emotional entanglement, where long conversations in cafes and bedrooms gradually expose the fractures beneath desire. The film moves at the pace of real doubt and jealousy, refusing easy resolutions.
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Bernadette Lafont
Marie
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Alexandre
Françoise Lebrun
Veronika
Isabelle Weingarten
Gilberte
Jacques Renard
Alexandre's Friend
Jean-Noël Picq
Offenbach's Fan
Jessa Darrieux
The friend with the injured hand
Berthe Granval
Marie's Friend
Geneviève Mnich
Veronika's Friend
Marinka Matuszewski
Jean-Claude Biette
Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)
Pierre Cottrell
(uncredited)
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