Ma (2023)
Directed by Romeo Castellucci
Duration: 37 mins
The film documentation of the site-specific work inspired by the Eleusinian Mysteries and presented at the emblematic archaeological site of Eleusis was conducted by Nikos Nikolopoulos and premiered world-wide as a production of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture.
In September 2023, two thousand years after the Eleusinian Mysteries, the internationally renowned Italian director Romeo Castellucci, presented a dramatic action that takes the shape of an exclusive event, in the context of a site-specific performance especially designed for the archaeological site of Eleusis.
A few words about Mystery 11 MA
ΜΑ – a one-word title interpreted in multiple languages: the first clear word of an infant calling its mother; the root of the word ‘‘matrice” i.e. the womb which opens itself to earth in order to generate, and the mold that gives form to lifeless matter; moreover, in both Italian and Greek, the word MA is used as an exclamation of objection, opposition, but also as a linguistic marker of an oath, an appeal to the divine.
The project Mystery 11 MA is realized with the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities of West Attica and in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” with funding from the European Union – NextGenerationEU.