Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
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3h 21m
Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1975 • Belgium
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte
A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow, whose chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick. In its enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple, but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting character study or as one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete depictions of space and time, JEANNE DIELMAN is an astonishing, compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and argued over for decades.
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Autour de JEANNE DIELMAN
This documentary, shot by Sami Frey and edited by Agnès Ravez and Chantal Akerman, was made during the shooting of JEANNE DIELMAN and looks at the on-set relationship between Akerman, Delphine Seyrig, and the crew.
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Chantal Akerman on JEANNE DIELMAN
This interview with director Chantal Akerman was conducted in Paris in April 2009.
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Chantal Akerman: On Filmmaking
The following footage is excerpted from “Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman,” a 1997 episode of the French television program “Cinéma, de notre temps.”
