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The Mother and the Whore (La maman et la putain) (1973)

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Starring (View all)
Bernadette Lafont Bernadette Lafont
Marie / Alexandre's live-in girlfriend
Jean-Pierre Léaud Jean-Pierre Léaud
Alexandre
Françoise Lebrun Françoise Lebrun
Veronika / Alexandre's live-in girlfriend
Isabelle Weingarten Isabelle Weingarten
Gilberte / Alexandre's ex-girlfriend
Jean-Noël Picq Jean-Noël Picq
Le fan d'Offenbach
Geneviève Mnich Geneviève Mnich
L'amie de Veronika / Veronika's friend
Jean-Claude Biette Jean-Claude Biette
Un homme aux Deux Magots
Jean Douchet Jean Douchet
Un homme au Café de Flore


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1 year ago at Feb 26 2:28
(PA) So pos nouvelle vague wandering in parisian cafes, Leaud trying to be smart and funny and lovable and crude and impossible, Laffont improving in each scene till she almost steal the philosophy and even tells stories better than Leaud...
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Description: In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Alexandre, who is idle and chauvinist, spends his days reading, drinking and shagging women. After flirting with his former affair, Gilberte, who tells him that she will marry soon her boyfriend, Alexandre meets the Laenne Hospital nurse Veronika Osterwald and they schedule a date. Alexandre learns that Veronika is a promiscuous woman that loves to shag and introduces her to Marie. They have a threesome and Alexandre has a crush on Veronika. - Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... (more)
Tags: France (5), French (3), 1970s (3), 1973 (2), Abortion (1), Philosophy (1), Black And White (1), China (1), Book (1), Bar (1), Love (1), Jealousy (1), Death (1), Friendship (1), Murder (1), Infidelity (1), Prison (1), Angel (1), Wine (1)
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