Hubert Deschamps

  • Maurice Pialat – Janine (1962)

    Maurice Pialat1961-1970FranceShort Film

    Janine (1962)

    Two men are disappointed by women and united by a whore.Read More »

  • Maurice Pialat – La gueule ouverte AKA The Mouth Agape (1974)

    1971-1980DramaFranceMaurice Pialat

    Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:
    “Pialat’s third feature takes up a theme which, on the face of it, could not seem more uninviting: a middle-aged woman dying of cancer, and how this affects her husband and son. But what Pialat makes of this is so recognisable, embarrassing and moving – even, on occasion, funny – that he more than justifies his use of a forbidding subject. He has ideas about how emotions involving sex and death are intimately related – and about the clarity and lack of it that they shed on everything else, as son and father each go lusting after every woman in sight. He has ideas about cinema, too, and an expressive style that can encapsulate a lifetime of memories in a single shot. Without a trace of sentimentality or easy effect, this seemingly semi-autobiographical work is as intense in its way as The Mother and the Whore, and unforgettable.”Read More »

  • Maurice Pialat – La gueule ouverte AKA The Mouth Agape (1974) (HD)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaFranceMaurice Pialat

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    Monique Mélinand portrays a woman in the late stages of terminal illness. Her son Philippe (Philippe Léotard), Philippe’s wife Nathalie (Nathalie Baye), and her husband Roger (Hubert Deschamps) attempt to comfort her as she navigates through her ordeal. However, those two closest men in her personal life begin to get more involved in their relationships with multiple mistresses. Her husband flirts with customers in their clothing and haberdashery store while her son flirts with her nurses. The film incorporates elements of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte to poetic effect, relating to these scenes. In the end scenes, she goes through several final, deeply emotional moments as the disease claims her life. (Wikipedia)Read More »

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