The Theatre of the Mad Mother / Hanokh Levin's Winter Funeral

Rue de Cluny, Salle des fêtes

In this burlesque and cruel comedy, Latshek Bobitshek sees his mother fade away alone in her room. She realizes in her final tears that there will be no one at her funeral since the rest of the family has planned the wedding of her niece Velvetsia for the next day. On his mother's deathbed, Latshek makes her one final promise: there will be a crowd of guests to mourn her passing and thus prove that she has indeed lived on this earth. Latshek hastens to go announce the deadly …