The Mother and the Whore
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'''''The Mother And The Whore''''' ({{langx|fr|'''La Maman Et La Putain'''}}) is a 1973 [[French New Wave]] [[Art film|arthouse]] [[Romance film|romantic drama]] film directed by [[Jean Eustache]] and starring [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], [[Bernadette Lafont]] and [[Françoise Lebrun]]. An examination of the relationships between three characters in a [[love triangle]], 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. |
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The film screened at the [[1973 Cannes Film Festival]], where it won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]]. With some divided initial critical reaction, it has been championed by later critics and |
The film screened at the [[1973 Cannes Film Festival]], where it won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]]. With some divided initial critical reaction, it has been championed as tremendous masterpiece by later critics, filmmakers and cinephiles. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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