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Tag Archives: Chantal Akerman
Histoires d’Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989) Chantal Akerman, Mark Amitin, Eszter Balint, Kirk Baltz
The stories of Jewish immigrants in New York City are told with characteristic humor. Read More »
Tell Me AKA Dis-moi (1980) Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman interviews her mother, and other elderly women who survived the Holocaust. Read More »
Tomorrow We Move AKA Demain on déménage (2004) Chantal Akerman, Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle
The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother Read More »
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) Michael Snow, Chantal Akerman, Steve Anker, Anne-Marie
Described (rather cheekily) by director Michael Snow as a musical comedy, this deft probing of sound/image relationships Read More »
State of the World AKA O Estado do Mundo (2007) Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Shyam Bahadur, Jurandyr Ferreira, Sakda Kaewbuadee
O Estado do Mundo is a compilation of 6 different short movies Read More »
Lest We Forget AKA Contre l’oubli (1991) Chantal Akerman, René Allio, Denis Amar, Paul Amar, Robert Badinter, Guy Bedos
Contre l’Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers Read More »
Golden Eighties (1986) Chantal Akerman, Lio, Pascale Salkin, Delphine Seyrig
Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Read More »
News from Home (1977) Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, the Belgian filmmaker, lives in New York. Read More »
Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles (1994) Chantal Akerman, Circé Lethem, Julien Rassam, Joëlle Marlier
The main character, Michele, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends Read More »
Toute une nuit / A whole night (1982) Chantal Akerman, Aurore Clément, Tchéky Karyo, Angelo Abazoglou, Drama
Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acception and rejection in the realm of romance. Read More »
Un divan à New York / A Couch in New York (1996) Chantal Akerman, Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Stephanie Buttle, Comedy, Romance
Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice Saulnier from France for a while. Read More »
From the other side (2002) Chantal Akerman, Documentary
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States. Read More »
La folie Almayer / Almayer’s Folly (2011) Chantal Akerman, Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Drama
A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
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