La maman et la putain [blu-ray] = The mother and the whore

The pinnacle of this innovative style, The Mother and the Whore follows Alexandre, a Parisian pseudo-intellectual who lives with his tempestuous girlfriend, Marie, even as he begins a dalliance with the sexually liberated Veronika, leading the three into an emotionally turbulent love triangle. Through daringly sustained long takes and confessional dialogue, Eustache captures a generation navigating the disillusionment of the 1970s, and in the process achieves an intimacy so deep it cuts.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Full screen.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; new interview with actor Françoise Lebrun; new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and writer Rachel Kushner; program on the film's restoration; segment from the French television series Pour le cinéma featuring Lebrun, director Jean Eustache, and actors Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Pierre Léaud; trailer; new English subtitle translation; PLUS: an essay by critic Lucy Sante and an introduction to the film by Eustache.

Performers:

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Lebrun ; with: Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noël Pico, Jessa Darrieux, Berthe Grandval, Marinka Matuszewski.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); mono; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Man-woman relationships -- France -- Paris -- Drama.

Non-monogamous relationships -- Drama.

Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.

Sexual ethics -- Drama.

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