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The Mother and the Whore
Why this pick
Like Godard’s portrait of youthful Parisian drift, it turns romantic indecision, sexual politics, and long, searching conversation into an unsparing generational chronicle.
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MOVIE1966 1h 50m FRA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
It shares the alert observation of Parisian social rituals and talk, but channels the era’s alienation into a quieter, more devastating emotional register.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as Paul, a romantic young idealist and literary lion-wannabe who chases budding pop star Madeleine (Chantal Goya, a real life Yé-yé girl). Despite markedly different musical tastes and political leanings, the two soon become romantically involved and begin a ''ménage à quatre'' with Madeleine's two roommates, Catherine (Catherine-Isabelle Duport) and Elisabeth (Marlène Jobert). The camera probes the young actors in a series of Cinéma vérité interviews about love, lovemaking, and politics.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Paul
Chantal Goya
Madeleine Zimmer
Marlène Jobert
Élisabeth Choquet
Françoise Hardy
American Officer's Wife
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
Antoine Bourseiller
Brigitte Bardot's Director
Evabritt Strandberg
Elle
Birger Malmsten
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