The Mother and the Whore

The iconic film emblematic of 70s French cinema, which caused a storm of controversy on its first screening, is a profound study of sex and gender relations that reveals the staggering mastery of Jean Estache's cinema.

Synopsis

Alexandre, an idle St. Germain des Près bistro bohemian who lives with a boutique owner, hooks up with a nurse, believing that the three of them can coexist romantically.