86 mins - Belgium / France 1974 - Subtitles Director: Chantal Akerman Starring: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup and Claire Wauthion Chantal Akerman made her narrative feature debut with JE TU IL ELLE, a frank and vulnerable exploration of alienation which unfolds over two days. A woman (played by Akerman herself) has taken refuge in a room all by herself. Then, she ventures out from her self-imposed exile and seeks a connection with other human beings. First, a truck driver who picks her up, and then with a female ex-lover. Screening as part of THE FILMS OF CHANTAL AKERMAN season “Stark yet brimming with sensation.” CinePassion THE FILMS OF CHANTAL AKERMANTriskel Arts Centre, in association with the British Film Institute, is delighted to present five features from the celebrated director Chantal Akerman. When J. Hoberman of The Village Voice wrote about her, he stated: “Comparable in force and originality to Godard or Fassbinder, Chantal Akerman is arguably the most important European director of her generation”. This season opens with her seminal 1975 film JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES, which was named as
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