The Death of My Mother [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jessica Krummacher
fiche film] by German director Jessica Krummacher will have its world premiere on 12 February in the Berlinale's Encounters competition. Cineuropa brings you a first look at the film with an exclusive clip.

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 [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film], The Components of Love [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film]) stars in the lead role of the daughter, while Dutch actress Elsie de Brauw (Quicksand [+lire aussi :
interview : Evin Ahmad
fiche série]) plays her mother. Johanna Orsini, Susanne Bredehöft, Gina Haller and Christian Löber also star.

The Death of My Mother is  Krummacher’s second appearance at an A-list festival, after her film-school graduation project Totem [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film], which world-premiered in the Venice International Film Festival's International Film Critics' Week in 2011.

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.

Watch our exclusive clip below: