La Maman et la Putain

Jean Eustache checks in with the Parisian ennui of the early 1970s. Alexandre floats between his stable girlfriend Marie and Veronika, a nurse with a self-destructive streak. The women's tolerance for Alexandre's dithering eventually expires. It's a long three and a half hours, but that's what Eustache was going for.

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Jean Eustache directed La Maman et la Putain in 1973. See Jean Eustache's full filmography, where to start with Jean Eustache, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jean Eustache.

La Maman et la Putain was released in 1973 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 219 minutes.