La Maman et la putain

Äiti ja huora / Mamman och horan. FR 1973. D+SC: Jean Eustache. DP: Pierre Lhomme - shot on 16mm - 35mm blowup print. Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud (Alexandre), Bernadette Lafont (Marie), Francoise Lebrun (Veronika), Isabelle Weingarten (Gilberte), Jacques Renard (friend). 220 min. Vintage print with Finnish / Swedish subtitles. Viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 12 August 2008. - Revisiting the beginning of this spellbinding film of the flaneur's éducation sentimentale post-1968 in the cafés of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Deux Magots, Flore) and among fascinating women. Still magical.