The chauvinist Alexandre balances relationships with several women, including the maternal Marie and the sexually liberated Veronika, in the post-1968 intellectual scene of Paris.
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| Bernadette Lafont | ... | Marie | |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... | Alexandre | |
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Françoise Lebrun | ... | Veronika |
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Isabelle Weingarten | ... | Gilberte |
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Jacques Renard | ... | Alexandre's Friend |
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Jean-Noël Picq | ... | Offenbach's Fan |
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In Paris, the pedantic Alexandre lives with his mate Marie in her apartment, an open relationship. Alexandre, who is idle and chauvinist, spends his days reading, drinking and shagging women. After flirting with his former affair, Gilberte, who tells him that she will marry soon her boyfriend, Alexandre meets the Laenne Hospital nurse Veronika Osterwald and they schedule a date. Alexandre learns that Veronika is a promiscuous woman that loves to shag and introduces her to Marie. They have a threesome and Alexandre has a crush on Veronika. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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17 May 1973 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Bruno Balz, Michael Jary and Ralph Benatzky
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »Goofs
While reading the book of Gestapo at his friend's home, Alexandre is holding a cigarette in his right hand in the close-up. In the next shot he is only holding the book. See more »Quotes
Alexandre: You live with a man she didn't love because it is difficult to live with the man she loves. They make you calmer.See more »
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Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gescheh'nWritten by Bruno Balz, Michael Jary and Ralph Benatzky
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La Maman et la Putain has to be watched as a movie that is both related to the time it was released (post-68) and eternal in many respects. True, the actors don't "act" ... True, they talk a lot... But what they talk about is just what makes life worth living... or dying. The very long monologue spoken by Françoise Lebrun is perhaps the most accurate and moving text that was ever written about womanhood, manhood and love. Not easy to translate accurately, though. This movie is a statement about the difficulty of being a man and a woman (or two women in this case). And IMHO, Jean Pierre Léaud is one of the greatest French actors.