THE MOTHER
A film by Jean-Marie Straub
2011, 20 minutes
2011, 20 minutes
No. 108
Narrative
Narrative
Description
“I am lost to the world….” (from Mahler’s 1901 Rückert-Lieder)
In the sun-dappled Tuscan countryside, the boar hunter Meleager, having been murdered by his own mother to avenge the tragic accidental killing of his brother and uncle, engages in a melancholy conversation about fragility, resistance, and love with Hermes, who has taken female form.
In the sun-dappled Tuscan countryside, the boar hunter Meleager, having been murdered by his own mother to avenge the tragic accidental killing of his brother and uncle, engages in a melancholy conversation about fragility, resistance, and love with Hermes, who has taken female form.
