Cannes Film Festival 1973. Director Jean Justas presents his tenth film, La Maman et la Putain, directly inspired by his life and love for three different women.
A feature film of extraordinary length (3h40), directed by Jean-Pierre Leo, Bernadette Lafont and Françoise Lebrun, which deals, among other things, with the then taboo topics of free love, love triangles, but also abortion and female contraception.
No more controversy is needed. Some critics are upset, with Gilles Jacobs leading the charge. The latter does not hesitate to knock out the film in front of Jean Eustace, even with the word “mad”.
Despite this cold reception, Mother and whore Wins two prizes, including the Jury’s Special Grand Prize. However, it should be noted that the president of the jury that year, Ingrid Bergman, was against this choice and considered the film “disgusting”.
when it hits theaters Mother and whore Prohibited under 18 years. Although it was May 68, the short plot, the dialogue that feels raw (the word “kiss” is uttered more than once) and the underlying themes in particular are troubling. Some even consider the film… pornographic.
Emblematic of its time – like Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin -, Mother and whore It gradually became a cult, which many critics consider a masterpiece of French cinema.
With an average viewer rating of 4.1/5, Mother and whore is the highest rated feature film among Jean Eustace’s filmography by AlloCiné internet users.
Mother and whore Jean Eustache with Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Leo, Françoise Lebrun…
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Source: Allocine
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