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The Mouth Agape

Play trailer The Mouth Agape Released May 8, 1974 1h 22m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Monique (Monique Melinand) is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband, Roger (Hubert Deschamps), carries on with life, groping the female customers. Her son, Philippe (Philippe Léotard), remains aloof and impatient. Her daughter-in-law, Nathalie (Nathalie Baye), wonders if she is witnessing her own future decline. The four individuals struggle to express, or even feel, their love for one another, as they await the inevitable.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A remarkably sensitive straightforward but complex and brutally honest naturalistic drama on dying. Rated: A Oct 31, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Death is a hard subject to make films on, but Pialat does it with unflinching realism. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Le style Pialat fait encore mouche : des plans-sequences qui s'enchainent, des acteurs merveilleux (Hubert Deschamps en tete), une authenticite et une emotion certaine... Mais voila, moi la mort c'est un sujet qui me gene, surtout quand c'est si frontal, si personnel en plus, je me sens voyeur, je me sens impuissant, bref je me sens mal. Et du coup, je decroche du film... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member One of th egreatest films ever made about death and as a result Life. Pialat is brilliant! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Monique (Monique Melinand) is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband, Roger (Hubert Deschamps), carries on with life, groping the female customers. Her son, Philippe (Philippe Léotard), remains aloof and impatient. Her daughter-in-law, Nathalie (Nathalie Baye), wonders if she is witnessing her own future decline. The four individuals struggle to express, or even feel, their love for one another, as they await the inevitable.
Director
Maurice Pialat
Screenwriter
Maurice Pialat
Production Co
Lido Films, Les Films La Boëtie
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
May 8, 1974, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2017
Runtime
1h 22m