Chantal Akerman — Playwright (16)
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The Day When... (1997) IMDb TMDB Douban
Le jour où...
director: 香特尔·阿克曼 actor: 香特尔·阿克曼
other title: Le jour où... / 在那天... …
Chantal Akerman reads a script detailing the woes that befell her on the day she thought about "The Future of Cinema". The camera continuously rotates 360 degrees around her apartment as she rereads the script at an exponentially increasing speed. At its heart, an homage to Godard.
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Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels (1994)
Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles
director: Chantal Akerman actor: Circé Lethem / Julien Rassam …
other title: Portrait d’une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles
The main character, Michele, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends, and tries to understand her own feelings about her place in the world and her sexuality, while a camera follows along at close range.
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American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989)
Histoires d'Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy
director: Chantal Akerman actor: Mark Amitin / Eszter Balint …
other title: Histoires d'Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy
Chantal Akerman explores Jewish American identity in this multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. Shot in Brooklyn near the Williamsburg Bridge, Histoires D'Amérique takes the form of a series of first-person addresses delivered by a cross-section of Jewish New Yorkers, whose by turns tragic and humorous tales speak to a collective history of trauma, displacement, and resilience.
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The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
★ 9.4 (7 ratings) director: Chantal Akerman actor: Aurore Clément / Helmut Griem …
other title: Annas Begegnungen / Les Rendez-vous d'Anna …
On a trip across Western Europe to promote her newest release, filmmaker Anna encounters several individuals—familiar and otherwise—and attends to their discontents.