The Mother and the Whore
The pitfalls and pleasures of a love triangle are at the heart of Jean Eustache’s 1971 film. Produced during the heyday of Jean-Luc Godard and Bernardo Bertolucci, Eustache dines off the cinematic freedoms those directors helped to win. Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Françoise Lebrun play the star-crossed lovers. Cahiers du cinéma called it the best film of the 70s and it won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
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About Daniel Kremer
San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.