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The Mouth Agape
FRANCE · 1974

The Mouth Agape

Maurice Pialat
terminal illness family dysfunction marital infidelity emotional distance mortality
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Synopsis

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle to express, or feel, their love for one another.

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