The Mother and the Whore

A haunting masterpiece, Eustache's The Mother and the Whore is a razor sharp dissection of post-1968 relationships and mores. Jean Eustache's films have always hovered apart from and above the rest of the French New Wave in a relationship much like that of kindred spirit John Cassavetes' films to the American indie movement. His haunting masterpiece The Mother and the Whore shows why.

Through ruthlessly insightful dialogue and director Jean Eustache's arresting visual sense, the film captures the aftermath of the post-1968 sexual revolution. Navigating complex relationships with two women, Jean-Pierre L»aud stars in a role that reexamines the kinds of characters that made him famous. (219 mins.)