EXCLUSIVE: First-look scene from Berlinale title The Death of My Mother
- German director Jessica Krummacher's second feature is about to premiere in the Encounters competition of the Berlin Film Festival
The Death of My Mother [+see also:
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The Death of My Mother tells the story of the final path trodden together by a daughter and her seriously ill mother in a compassionate and gentle way. It is a slow farewell, in which the two become infinitely close, both physically and spiritually, until something separates them: the longed-for death.
Krummacher wrote the script based on her own experiences, and young German actress Birte Schnöink (Amour Fou [+see also:
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The Death of My Mother is Krummacher’s second appearance at an A-list festival, after her film-school graduation project Totem [+see also:
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The Death of My Mother is a production by Walker + Worm Film, in collaboration with Klappboxfilme and in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk. It was supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Deutscher Filmförderfonds and Kuratorium junger deutscher Film.
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