Artemide’s Knee
6.5
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.
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Andrea Bacci
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Dario Marconcini
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Cesare Pavese
Jean-Marie Straub
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Martine Marignac
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Renato Berta
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Nicole Lubtchansky
Jean-Pierre Duret
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Jean-Charles Fitoussi
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Jean-Pierre Laforce
Jean-Paul Toraille
Dimitri Haulet
Jean-Marie Straub Director · Cesare Pavese Author Gustav Mahler Composer
First release May 19, 2008 · Produced in France, Italy · Original title Le Genou d'Artémide
Production
Pierre Grise Productions
Production
France · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Le Genou d'Artémide
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · May 19, 2008
Cannes Film Festival
Italy · June 7, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
March 27, 2009 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Austria
November 1, 2009 · Vienna International Film Festival
Canada
September 5, 2008 · Toronto International Film Festival
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