The Mother and the Whore

May 1, 1973

3h 39m

★ 7.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

V. M. Productions

Ciné Qua Non

Les Films du Losange

Simar Films

Elite Film

The Mother and the Whore Trailers

Cast

Marie

Bernadette Lafont

Alexandre

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Veronika

Françoise Lebrun

Gilberte

Isabelle Weingarten

Alexandre's Friend

Jacques Renard

Offenbach's Fan

Jean-Noël Picq

The friend with the injured hand

Jessa Darrieux

Marie's Friend

Berthe Granval

Veronika's Friend

Geneviève Mnich

Marinka Matuszewski

Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Biette

(uncredited)

Pierre Cottrell

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