Mother Divine (2004)

Director: Jeff P. Elstone

Marlena

Marlena, a glamorous opera singer, arrives at an abandoned hotel troubled, alone, and in need of refuge. Once checking into a room of her own, she enters a realm of fantasy that is quickly interrupted by her own reality and a peculiar need for reconciliation. After reaching out to her mother in desperation and in need of redemption, she is subsequently cast further away into a lonely and altogether desolate place with only a single path left to follow. In the end, Marlena meets her fate in the very place where her dreams once flourished.

The score fills this Lynchian, surreal, stylish and mostly dialogue-less melodrama, with reminiscenses and winks to the Golden Age of Hollywood and to the great operas of the past.

Composed and orchestrated by Ady Cohen

Performed by the Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Aviv Ron

Soloists: Bavat Marom - mezzo soprano, Eyal Bat - piano