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title: 'The Mother and the Whore (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Eustache'
released: '1973-05-01'
runtime_minutes: 217
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mother-and-the-whore-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070359/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mother and the Whore (1973)

1973 · 217 min · Drama, Comedy · France

Original title: La Maman et la Putain

## Synopsis

The Mother And The Whore is a 1973 French New Wave epic arthouse romantic drama film directed by Jean Eustache and starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont and Françoise Lebrun. The story follows an examination of the relationships between three characters in a love triangle during the late 60s French society. It was Eustache's first feature film and is considered his masterpiece. Eustache wrote the screenplay drawing inspiration from his own relationships, and shot the film from May to July 1972. It is widely considered to be the very last expressive film made out of French New Wave movement.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean Eustache](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-eustache)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Eustache](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-eustache)
- **Producer:** [Pierre Cottrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-cottrell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Lhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lhomme)

## Cast

- [Berthe Granval](https://cinepixo.com/people/berthe-granval)
- [Françoise Lebrun](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-lebrun)
- [Jacques Renard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-renard)
- [Jean Eustache](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-eustache)
- [Jean Douchet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-douchet)
- [Douchka](https://cinepixo.com/people/douchka)
- [Jean-Claude Biette](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-biette)
- [Jean-Pierre Léaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-leaud)
- [Bernadette Lafont](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernadette-lafont)
- [Geneviève Mnich](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-mnich)
- [Noël Simsolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-simsolo)
- [Caroline Loeb](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-loeb)
- [Pierre Cottrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-cottrell)
- [Bernard Eisenschitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-eisenschitz)
- [Isabelle Weingarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-weingarten)

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