La madre

Switzerland, August 2012
FILM, Fiction, 20 min.

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directed by
Jean-Marie Straub
Written by
Cesare Pavese
Status
In distribution

Meleagrus, having killed is himself killed, by his mother, from whom he had never been able to make himself truly independent. But who can manage to detach themselves from their mother? That is what the very ambiguous god Hermes – filmed as a woman – asks, who teaches the human become shadow about these conditions.

Meleagro, dopo aver ucciso, è ucciso anche lui da sua madre, che lo ha sempre tenuto dipendente, in suo potere. Ma chi riesce a staccarsi dalle madri ? È ciò che domanda, in modo ambiguo, il dio Ermete, ambiguo tanto più che i suoi tratti sono quelli di una donna. Ironico ma pieno di compassione, insegna all’umano divenuto ombra, la sua condizione.

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World Premiere
August 2012
Original Version
Italian (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 20 min.
ISAN
0000-0003-6173-0000-2-0000-0000-V
Production
Belva Film GmbH
Producer
Barbara Ulrich
directed by
Jean-Marie Straub
Written by
Cesare Pavese
Cinemato­graphy
Christophe Clavert
Editing
Christophe Clavert
Re-Recording Mix
Jean-Pierre Laforce
Location Sound Mix
Jérôme Ayasse

Cast

Giovanna Daddi
Dario Marconcini

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World Rights
Belva Film GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Belva Film GmbH Distribution

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