La Maman et la Putain
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Considered as the crowning achievement of the French New Wave, Jean Eustache's love triangle epic follows Alexandre, a Parisian intellectual, who shares his affections with his mistress and a promiscuous nurse. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache was a French director, born on November 30, 1938 in Pessac and died on November 5, 1981 in Paris. Close to the editorial staff of Cahiers du cinéma and the directors of the New Wave, he started directing in 1963 with Les Mauvaises Fréquentations and then shot, in 1965 in Narbonne, Le père Noël a les yeux bleus. In 1972, he directed La Maman et la Putain which won the Grand Prix Special du Jury at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. After this success, Eustache directed his childhood in Narbonne in Mes petites amoureuses.
