
Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
In the summer of 1986, Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub were working in the park of an old Sicilian mansion and in a clearing at the foot of Mount Etna shooting Der Tod des Empedokles. Assistant cameraman Jean-Paul Toraille toyed around, so to speak, with his first video camera, filming the daily work on the set. Now, 24 years later, he was joined by Jean-Marie Straub in editing the material into a film. Anyone who expected the shooting of Les Avatars de la mort d’Empédocle to be an austere affair, an exercise entirely devoid of humour or a Straubian tour de force is proven wrong: so much lightness, joy, concentration, spells of waiting for the sun to come out – and even proper slapstick in between – is hard to find.
Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
August 11, 2010
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Cast (7)

Vladimir Baratta
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William Berger
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Martina Baratta
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Renato Berta
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Louis Hochet
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Danièle Huillet
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Crew (6)
Directing

Jean-Paul Toraille
Director
Writing
No data availableProduction

Jean-Paul Toraille
Producer
Sound

Jean-Paul Toraille
Sound Recordist
Art
No data availableCamera

Jean-Paul Toraille
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up
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No data availableEditing

Jean-Paul Toraille
Editor

Catherine Quesemand
Editor