Chantal Akerman — Playwright (17)
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The Eighties (1985)
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Chantal Akerman actor: Aurore Clément / Magali Noël …
other title: Gli anni 80 / Les Années 80 …
All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping mall where people audition for an upcoming show. Afterwards, they are seen going through the grueling routines of learning the music and rehearsing.
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No Home Movie (2016)
No Home Movie
香特尔·阿克曼 actor: 香特尔·阿克曼 / Natalia Akerman
other title: 非家庭电影 / 不是家庭电影 …
Akerman films her mother Natalia, an elderly woman of Polish origin, in her Brussels apartment. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and sharing memories, sometimes accompanied by Sylvaine, Chantal's sister. Also, and to show how small the world has become, Chantal remains in contact with her mother at other times of the year via Skype from lands as far away from Belgium as Oklahoma or New York.
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The Day When... (1997)
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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
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
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.