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THE MOUTH AGAPE

by Maurice Pialat

synopsis

Monique is dying. Around her gather her unfaithful husband, her son, who is like his father, and her daughter-in-law. We observe them playing with life as she dies.

international title: The Mouth Agape
original title: La gueule ouverte
country: France
year: 1974
genre: fiction
directed by: Maurice Pialat
film run: 82'
release date: FR 08/05/1974, CH 02/08/1974, UK 11/1974, FI 04/07/1975, DK 09/01/1976, PT 01/02/1977, CZ 04/07/2016
screenplay: Maurice Pialat
cast: Nathalie Baye, Hubert Deschamps, Philippe Léotard
cinematography by: Néstor Almendros
film editing: Bernard Dubois, Arlette Langmann
art director: Michel de Broin
producer: André Génovès, Micheline Pialat

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