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