Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
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Taking a cue from the early work of Godard, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman created Jeanne Dielman as a feminist assault on narrative filmmaking conventions. Rhythmic, minimalist and monotonous, Akerman's style perfectly frames the tedious daily tasks of Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig), a widow and mother on the brink of collapse. In a lengthy film where the preparation of a meal constitutes an entire Act, the final payoff is sublime. Spare cinematography by Babette Mangolte.

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  | Kevin#1

I don’t know if this was a breakthrough film like the actor says in an interview, but for the few who have the patience, 200 minutes brings the purest concentration on detail, like so many other films, Inhumanity, for example, early Greenaway, for another. It stands up well for 1975.

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