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Author Martine Pierquin

Martine Pierquin

Martine Pierquin is a Course Organiser for Film, Media and Contemporary Cultures in the Open Studies programme at the University of Edinburgh. She is currently doing research on the films of Jean Eustache and has published a chapter on La Maman et la Putain in The Cinema of France, Wallflower, UK, 2006.

The Mother and the Whore

Martine Pierquin
July 2014
2014 Melbourne International Film Festival Dossier
Originally published in Senses of Cinema Issue 48, August 2008 La Maman et la putain/The Mother and the Whore (1973 France 215 mins) Prod Co: Elite Films/Ciné Qua Non/Les Films du Losange/Simar Films/V. M...
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La Maman et la putain

Martine Pierquin
August 2008
CTEQ Annotations on Film
La Maman et la putain/The Mother and the Whore (1973 France 215 mins) Prod Co: Elite Films/Ciné Qua Non/Les Films du Losange/Simar Films/V. M. Productions Prod: Pierre Cottrell Dir, Scr: Jean Eustache Ph...

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