La Maman et la putain

 

A summary for one generation, a beginning for another generation and a near-mythical legend for yet another. This is always too much weight for a single film to carry, but such has been the burden of Jean Eustache’s The Mother and the Whore since it first appeared at Cannes in 1973. It’s a deliberate farewell to the Nouvelle Vague with which Eustache had tentative connections, a natural response to the mounting paranoia expressed in the latter passages of Rivette’s Out 1, an exploration of a [...]

Duration

218 min

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