The Mouth Agape
Watch TrailerMonique 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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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | La Gueule ouverte |
| Year | 1974 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Maurice Pialat |
| Runtime | 87 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.4/10 (33 votes) |
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Pialat constructs the film around the unbearable tension between a slow, physical decline and the mundane indifference that surrounds it. He relies on an austere, static visual style to explore not grand emotions, but the weight of silence and everything left unsaid.
What lingers after the final frame is a profound, unsettling clarity about the fragility of our bonds. It is a stark reminder of how we face the inevitable and what remains when all pretenses fall away. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Maurice Pialat
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Watch in a quiet, contemplative state, allowing its deliberate pace to fully absorb you.
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