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[Opening credits, black text on white]
– Third version, Straub Huillet Films, Belva GmbH
– Present
– La madre
– Dialogue by Cesare Pavese
– Film by Jean-Marie Straub
– Cast: Giovanna Daddi, Dario Marconcini, Teatro Comunale di Buti
– Image and editing: Christophe Clavert, color timing: Jean-Marc Degardin
– Assistants: Arnaud Dommerc, Barbara Ulrich
– Sound: Jérôme Ayasse, sound mix: Jean-Pierre Laforce, Gaël Blondet
– Music: Gustav Mahler
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TEXT: Cesare Pavese, “La madre” in Dialoghi con
Leucò. MUSIC: Gustav Mahler, “Ich bin der Welt
abhanden gekommen,” Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (voice). Performed at the Teatro Communale di Buti on September 13, 2011.
PRODUCTION DATES AND LOCATION: September 4–8, 2011, Acciaiolo, Italy.
CAMERA: Panasonic AG DVX-100.
SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH by Misha Donat and Straub, IN GERMAN by Barbara Ulrich and Straub, IN FRENCH by Aristide Bianchi, Barbara Ulrich, and Straub. FIRST SCREENING: all versions, February 28, 2012, La Fémis, Paris; 2012 Viennale (November 4).