The Mother and the Whore
Original title: La maman et la putain
1973 · 3 h 30 min
Directed by 
Jean Eustache
Jean EustacheCast
Bernadette Lafont 
Jean-Pierre Léaud Françoise Lebrun 
Isabelle Weingarten Jacques Renard Jean-Noël Picq
Plot
A young man in Paris after 1968 lives with an older woman and starts an affair with a young nurse, and the three of them talk, argue and drink in a 3.5-hour portrait of love and disillusion.
Sinekatalog’s take
A long, talkative and unforgettable portrait of the post-1968 generation.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (7,858 votes)
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