The Disappearance of My Mother(2019)

1h 34m
- Documentary

Release Date: Dec 6, 2019 | Limited

A once-iconic fashion model strives to escape the world of images and disappear for good, but her son's determination to make a final film about her sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera's gaze.

Releases

Original Release | Dec 6, 2019

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,112
Total US & Canada:
$24,951
Total International
$58,979
Total Worldwide:
$83,930

Director & Top Cast

Beniamino Barrese
Director

Benedetta Barzini

Other Details

Country of Origin: Italy

Summaries

Storyline

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.