Chantal Akerman lived in New York during the early seventies. In 1976 she returned there and made this fascinating portrait film of the city, filming locations Akerman used to visit during her time living there, while on the soundtrack we hear her reading letters that her mother sent during this period.
Screening as part of THE FILMS OF CHANTAL AKERMAN season
“This is one of the best depictions of the alienation of exile that I know.” Chicago Reader
THE FILMS OF CHANTAL AKERMAN
Triskel 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 the greatest film of all time in
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