Name: Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
Director: Jean-Paul Toraille
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-08-11
Cast: Jean-Marie Straub, Vladimir Baratta, William Berger, Martina Baratta, Renato Berta

Question 1

What is Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle about?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

Who appears in Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle?

Accepted Answer

Jean-Marie Straub, Vladimir Baratta, William Berger, Martina Baratta, Renato Berta appear in Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle.

Question 3

What genre is Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle?

Accepted Answer

Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle is listed under Documentary.

Question 4

How long is Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle?

Accepted Answer

Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle has a runtime of 53 minutes.

Question 5

What year was Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle released?

Accepted Answer

Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle was released in 2010.