Mourning the death of his partner and collaborator Danièle Huillet, Straub finds tender mercy in music and nature. Out of the abyss, Kathleen Ferrier sings “The Farewell” from Gustav Mahler’s “The Song of the Earth”, (which the composer wrote in 1909 after the death of his daughter) and Heinrich Schütz’s Lament on the Death of His Wife. The landscape also provides solace: the mountain grove where Endymion pines for his beloved Artemis, “a wild thing, untouchable, mortal,” appears to embody the Japanese concept of ‘mono no aware’ — a wistful acceptance of the fleeting beauty of things.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Andrea Bacci, Dario Marconcini
Crew: Jean-Marie Straub (Screenplay), Jean-Marie Straub (Director), Cesare Pavese (Novel), Jean-Pierre Duret (Sound Designer), Jean-Charles Fitoussi (Assistant Director), Renato Berta (Director of Photography)
Country: France, Italy
Language: Italiano
Studio: Pierre Grise Productions
Runtime: 26 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 07, 2008
IMDb: 5
Keywords:short film
