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The Disappearance of My Mother (La scomparsa di mia madre)

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  • Official Trailer

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Synopsis

Benedetta wants to disappear. An iconic fashion model in the 1960s, she became a muse to Warhol, Dali, Penn and Avedon. As a radical feminist in the 1970s, she fought for the rights and emancipation of women. But at the age of 75, she becomes fed up with all the roles that life has imposed upon her and decides to leave everything and everybody behind, to disappear to a place as far as possible from the world she knows. Hiding behind the camera, her son Beniamino witnesses her journey. Having filmed her since he was a child in spite of all her resistance, he now wants to make a film about her, to keep her close for as long as possible - or, at least, as long as his camera keeps running. The making of the film turns into a battle between mother and son, a stubborn fight to capture the ultimate image of Benedetta - the image of her liberation.

Cast

  • Carlotta Antonelli
  • Beniamino Barrese
  • Benedetta Barzini
  • Michela De Rossi
  • Martina De Santis
  • Lauren Hutton
  • Candice Lam
  • Olivia Ross

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Funny and completely original.

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Metacritic

75
Dec 6, 2019

Barrese follows his mother everywhere. She bikes to teach her classes, and there's lots of thought-provoking footage of her lectures and small conferences with students. These are some of the best sequences in the film.

Metacritic review by Sheila O'Malley
Sheila O'Malley
RogerEbert.com
80
Dec 5, 2019

At the very least, it’s impossible to watch The Disappearance of My Mother without a measure of ambivalence. Gratitude for the chance to make Barzini’s acquaintance, and for Barrese’s sensitivity in making the introduction, is accompanied by ethical queasiness.

Metacritic review by A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
75
Dec 3, 2019

It’s fascinating to see Benedetta Barzini in academic action, like an ethnographer of the patriarchy herself, bringing back news from its most glamourous yet rotten core.

Metacritic review by Diego Semerene
Diego Semerene
Slant Magazine