The Mother and the Whore
Why this pick
Like Jealousy, it studies romantic entanglement through candid conversations, shifting attachments, and unsparing attention to emotional contradictions rather than conventional plot.
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Jealousy, it studies romantic entanglement through candid conversations, shifting attachments, and unsparing attention to emotional contradictions rather than conventional plot.
Why this pick
A quietly observational Paris film whose patient rhythm, chance encounters, and unembellished human behavior echo Garrel’s intimate, wandering naturalism.
Why this pick
Its tension comes from conversation, attraction, hesitation, and moral self-justification—an elegant, intimate companion to Jealousy’s focus on unstable relationships.
Why this pick
This finely observed portrait finds drama in solitude, awkward encounters, and tiny emotional shifts, sharing Jealousy’s trust in gestures and everyday moments.
Why this pick
Garrel’s other black-and-white relationship chronicle expands the same fragile, elliptical emotional language, following love and disillusionment with a similarly weightless, intimate gaze.
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01 / THE STORY
As a man leaves his wife and daughter, a series of brief conversations, observed gestures, chance encounters and impulsive acts, tell the story of the relationships that flounder and thrive in the wake of this decision.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
L'ami de Louis
Le vieil ami de Claudia

Louis
Claudia