Film info: O somma luce

Film Information

Original Title	O somma luce
English Title
Director	Jean Marie Straub
Country
Year	2009
Format	HD
Colour	Color
Duration	17 min

Cast:

Giorgio Passerone

Production:

Guión: Jean-Marie Straub
Fotografía: Renato Berta
Montaje: Jean-Marie Straub
Producción: Martine Marignac

Synopsis

Taking the last verses of Paradise in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, Straub extends the same didactic/exploratory tendencies he already was trying with texts by Cesare Pavese in Dalla nube alla resistenza (1979) and its sequel, Quei loro incontri (2006). Now, the meditation deals with repetition, light, and absence, using Edgar Varèse’s genius in an introduction that sets a somber tone so what comes next would be pure light and sublimation.