{"product_id":"mother-and-the-whore-blu-ray","title":"Mother and the Whore Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mother and the Whore\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Jean Eustache (1973) Criterion Collection Blu-ray | 4K restoration | \u003cem\u003eFrench w\/ English subtitles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAfter the French New Wave, the sexual revolution, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eupheavals of May 1968 came the near religiously revered magnum opus by Jean Eustache. In his long-unavailable body of work, ranging from documentaries about his native village to closely autobiographical narrative films, Eustache pioneered a forthright and fearless brand of realism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pinnacle of this innovative style, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mother and the Whore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows a Parisian pseudo-intellectual who lives with his tempestuous girlfriend, even as he begins a dalliance with a sexually liberated mistress, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eleading the three into an emotionally turbulent love triangle. Through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edaringly sustained long takes and confessional dialogue, Eustache \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ecaptures a generation navigating the disillusionment of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1970s, and in the process achieves an intimacy so deep it cuts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003eNew interview with actor Françoise Lebrun\u003cbr\u003e- New conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and writer Rachel Kushner\u003cbr\u003e- Program on the film’s restoration\u003cbr\u003e- Segment from the French television series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePour le cinéma\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efeaturing Lebrun, director Jean Eustache, and actors Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Pierre Léaud\u003cbr\u003e- Essay by critic Lucy Sante and an introduction to the film by Eustache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49323563155595,"sku":"qra1788777881074","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/5150\/1195\/files\/mother-and-the-whore-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788777885","url":"https:\/\/www.everydaynook.shop\/products\/mother-and-the-whore-blu-ray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}