The Mother and the Whore(La maman et la putain)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
France · 1973
3h 27m
Director Jean Eustache
Starring Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten
Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
In this sexually frank French drama, the aimless young Alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend, Marie, and a casual lover named Veronika. The dialogue-heavy film focuses intently on the love triangle, with Marie increasingly jealous of Alexandre's fling with Veronika. As the trio continues their unsustainable affair, the emotional stakes get higher, leading to conflict and unhappiness.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Antoine and Colette
(Antoine et Colette)
Will Colette ultimately fall for Antoine's romanticism?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1962
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte, François Darbon, Patrick Auffay, Jean-François Adam
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Les Biches
A Story of Unusual Love!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1968
- Director Claude Chabrol
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Stéphane Audran, Nane Germon, Serge Bento, Henri Attal
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Bride Wore Black
(La mariée était en noir)
She was a bride when the violence happened... Now she's a widow and it's going to happen again
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Italy • 1968
- Director François Truffaut
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, TCM, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Hiroshima Mon Amour
(Hiroshima mon amour)
The story of a young French actress and her affair with a Japanese man while on assignment in Hiroshima.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan • 1959
- Director Alain Resnais
- Cast Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Golden Age
(L'Âge d'Or)
A surrealist masterpiece.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1930
- Director Luis Buñuel
- Cast Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on FlixFling, IndieFlix, Kino Film Collection, Amazon Video, Kanopy
One Deadly Summer
(L'Été meurtrier)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1983
- Director Jean Becker
- Cast Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon, Jenny Clève, Maria Machado, Evelyne Didi
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Sacrifice
(Offret)
To avert the end of the world, Alexander promises God that he'll give up everything he values in life, including his beloved son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, France, United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Valérie Mairesse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Klassiki, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Marketa Lazarová
A compelling, stripped-down, and surreal account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czechoslovakia • 1967
- Director František Vláčil
- Cast Josef Kemr, Magda Vášáryová , Naďa Hejná, František Velecký, Karel Vašíček
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Céline and Julie Go Boating
(Céline et Julie vont en bateau)
Brought together by chance, two young women playfully switch identities until the lines separating reality from fantasy begin to blur.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1974
- Director Jacques Rivette
- Cast Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Spider's Stratagem
(Strategia del ragno)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1970
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini, Franco Giovanelli, Tino Scotti, Allen Midgette
- Genre Mystery, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Sundays and Cybele
(Cybèle ou les dimanches de ville d'Avray)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria • 1962
- Director Serge Bourguignon
- Cast Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel, André Oumansky, Anne-Marie Coffinet
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Day in the Country
(Partie de campagne)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1946
- Director Jean Renoir
- Cast Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, Jacques Brunius, André Gabriello, Paul Temps
- Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Way
You don't choose a life. You live one.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Spain, United States • 2010
- Director Emilio Estevez
- Cast Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick van Wageningen, James Nesbitt, Tchéky Karyo
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Angel Studios
Bay of Angels
(La Baie des Anges)
Love is a game of chance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1963
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, Nicole Chollet, André Certes
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
(Où gît votre sourire enfoui?)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Portugal • 2003
- Director Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas
- Cast Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel
A Dirty Story
(Une sale histoire)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1977
- Director Jean Eustache
- Cast Michael Lonsdale, Laurie Zimmer, Jean-Noël Picq, Douchka, Laura Fanning, Jean Douchet
- Genre Documentary, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Witness
(我是证人)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2015
- Director Ahn Sang-hoon
- Cast Yang Mi, Lu Han, Wang Jingchun, Yawen Zhu, Liu Ruilin, Lai Yi
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Rakuten Viki, AsianCrush, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video