The Mouth Agape (1974)
Original Title: La Gueule ouverte
Drama
6.6 (41 votes)
1h 27m
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Maurice Pialat
- Writer
- Maurice Pialat
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Alain Grestau
Anna Gayane
Anne-Claude Girard
Christian Dehaux
Corinne Derel
Henri Saulquin
Hubert Deschamps
Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld
Jeanne Dulac
Lucien Dulac
Marie-Blanche Dehaux
Mireille Laurenchet
Monique Mélinand
Nathalie Baye
Philippe Léotard
Keywords
death
husband wife relationship
mother son relationship
terminal illness
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