The Mother and the Whore

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.

Directed by Jean Eustache

Top cast

Bernadette Lafont

Marie

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Alexandre

Françoise Lebrun

Veronika

Isabelle Weingarten

Gilberte

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Jacques Renard

Alexandre's Friend

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Jean-Noël Picq

Offenbach's Fan

Berthe Granval

Marie's Friend

Geneviève Mnich

Veronika's Friend

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Jessa Darrieux

The friend with the injured hand

M

Marinka Matuszewski

Jean-Claude Biette

Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)

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Pierre Cottrell

(uncredited)

Jean Douchet

Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)

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Bernard Eisenschitz

Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)

Jean Eustache

Man in Sunglasses in Store (uncredited)

Caroline Loeb

A young girl reading the newspaper on the terrace (uncredited)

Noël Simsolo

Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)

André Téchiné

Café Les Deux Magots' Customer (uncredited)

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Douchka

The woman with the bandage (uncredited)

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