---
title: 'The Mouth Agape (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Pialat'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mouth-agape-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071587/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Mouth Agape (1974)

1974 · 85 min · Drama · France

Original title: La Gueule ouverte

## Synopsis

The Mouth Agape is a 1974 French tragedy film directed by Maurice Pialat. It depicts, in a cinematic realist fashion, a woman going through a terminal illness and also dealing with the tumultuous lives of her husband and son. It was one of the least commercially successful of Pialat's films. It was the third film of the ten that he directed before his death in January 2003. It is also known under the titles The Gaping Mouth and The Gaping Maw.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-pialat)
- **Screenplay:** [Maurice Pialat](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-pialat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Néstor Almendros](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-almendros)
- **Editor:** [Arlette Langmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlette-langmann)

## Cast

- [Jean-François Balmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-balmer)
- [Jean-Dominique de La Rochefoucauld](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-dominique-de-la-rochefoucauld)
- [Hubert Deschamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-deschamps)
- [Nathalie Baye](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-baye)
- [Jacques Villeret](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-villeret)
- [Philippe Léotard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leotard)
- [Monique Mélinand](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-melinand)

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