The Mouth Agape (1974)

"The Mouth Agape" (La Gueule ouverte) is Maurice Pialat's stark 1974 drama. It centers on a family confronting a mother's terminal illness. The film earned praise for its unflinching realism rather than any conventional plot mechanics. Nathalie Baye appears in the cast during her early screen years. This was well before she became a fixture of French cinema. The archive holds just one clip from the film. That single scene captures Baye nude in a moment that matches the movie's raw, unglamorous tone. It's a narrow slice of the archive, but a genuine one. It's for anyone tracing her career from the start.