Scene from La maman et la putain (1973)
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Birth Name: Bernadette Paule Anne Lafont
Birth Date: 1938-10-28
Birth Place: Nîmes, Communauté d’agglomération Nîmes Métropole, France
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Alternate Names: Bernadette Paule Anne Lafont
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Bernadette Lafont is a French actress (born October 28, 1938 - died July 25, 2013).
Thanks to his roles in “Les Mistons” (1957) by François Truffaut, “Les Bonnes Femmes” (1960) by Claude Chabrol, “La Fiancée du pirate” by Nelly Kaplan (1969), or even “La Maman et la Putain” (1973) by Jean Eustache, this popular star is considered one of the muses of the New Wave.
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Alternate Names: Francoise Lebrun, François Lebrun
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Born Françoise Lebrun on August 18, 1944, in France, she is a distinguished French actress whose career has spanned over five decades. Although her exact city of birth is often listed simply as France in major databases, she emerged from a background in political science and literature, having studied at Sciences Po and the Sorbonne before transitioning into cinema.
Lebrun's name became inextricably linked with the post-May 1968 French cinematic landscape following her legendary performance as Véronique in Jean Eustache’s 1973 masterpiece, "The Mother and the Whore" (La maman et la putain). Her portrayal, characterized by intense, raw monologues, earned her a reputation as a "supreme master of the sustained monologue" and established her as an icon of auteur cinema.
About the Movie: La maman et la putain (1973)
Alternative Title: A Mãe e a Puta, Moderen og luderen, Äiti ja huora, I mama kai i poutana, A mama és a kurva, Mama to Shôfu, Mammaen og horen, Mama i dziwka, Мамочка и шлюха, Mamman och horan, The Mother and the Whore, La madre y la ramera, Die Mama und die Hure
Director: Jean Eustache
Writer: Jean Eustache
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: Barbet Schroeder, Marcel Berbert, Pierre Cottrell, Christian Fechner, Bob Rafelson, Vincent Malle, Claude Berri, Jean-Pierre Rassam
Companies: V. M. Productions, Ciné Qua Non, Les Films du Losange, Simar Films, Elite Film
Genre: Comedy Film, Drama, Romance
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Keywords: love triangle, conflict, black and white, cafe
Story
In Paris, Alexandre, an unemployed young man with memories of the May 1968 events in France, attempts to persuade his former lover Gilberte to marry him but she refuses. Alexandre lives with his girlfriend Marie and has casual relationships. He meets Veronika, a promiscuous Polish French nurse, at Les Deux Magots café after failing to reconcile with Gilberte. Back at Alexandre's apartment, Marie lets Veronika in while they are nude in bed. Veronika insults them but also admits she is not pure herself. The three begin a ménage à trois, with Veronika assuring both Alexandre and Marie of her love for him. Despite Marie initially expressing indifference to Alexandre's affairs, she grows distant as his relationship with Veronika deepens. As the trio sits together, Veronika tries to reassure Marie about her appearance and expresses her beliefs that no women are truly whores and love is meaningless without producing a child.
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La maman et la putain (1973), directed by Jean Eustache, is a French film set against the backdrop of Parisian life in the early 1970s. The story revolves around Alexandre, an unemployed young man who unsuccessfully tries to rekindle his relationship with Gilberte while living with his girlfriend Marie and engaging in casual affairs. Upon meeting Veronika, a sexually liberated nurse, the three begin an unconventional living arrangement. The film explores themes of love, jealousy, and sexual freedom amidst societal changes following the May 1968 events in France.