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Jornal de Psicanálise

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COHEN, Claudio. The Celebration: the role of the mother in an incestuous family. J. psicanal. [online]. 2014, vol.47, n.86, pp. 301-309. ISSN 0103-5835.

The film Festen, written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, has ideological principles that are the rules of Dogma 95, of which he is coauthor. These rules propose another way to make use of the cinema language, transforming the relationship between the factual reality with the camera, which is already saturated by the most common commercial cinema. The film's plot takes place showing family conflict, counting - is an episode of the history of the family Klingenfeldt when it meets in a hotel to celebrate the birthday of the Patriarch of a holy family, who is 60 years old, which seems, all want it and respect it deeply. This apparent harmony will be questioned during the birthday celebration reached climax at the moment which becomes public a family secret, showing - is starting from that moment the consequences of this revelation. This paper analyzes, from the psychoanalytic vertex, the role of the mother in this family observing its operation and its aftermath in this incestuous family. The hero of the film, Christian, who is the eldest son, misfortune of the good father image and shows the contribution of his mother in preserving the status quo. This is one of the purposes of the Dogma, ending the image of sacred family film has. We should also note the fact that Christian after deliver - is his padre padrone, mother leaves her husband and goes with his son. The purpose of these observations about the psychic family configurations is to shed light on the dynamics of relational loop of the mother in the incestuous family. In mythology, this incestuous behavior can be seen in Oedipus when Jocasta, widow of Layo marries Oedipus, in Festen, Else desist from Helge and follows Christian.

Keywords : incestuous mother; Oedipus family; Jocasta complex.

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