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Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Belgian film director (1950-2015)
June 6, 1950 (October 5, 2015)
Bel. 2015. Documentary by Chantal Akerman. In her plush apartment in Brussels, an eighty-five-year-old woman lives out her last months peacefully, under the eye of her daughter
Runtime: 115 min.

Almayer's Folly

V.O.: La Folie Almayer
Fr. 2011. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Stanislas Merhar, Aurora Marion, Marc Barbé. In 1950s Malaysia, the overbearing love of a French colonist for his daughter, born of his union with a local woman.
Runtime: 127 min.

The State of the World

V.O.: O Estado do Mundo
Port. 2007. Documentary by Ayisha Abraham, Chantal Akerman, Pedro Costa, Vicente Ferraz, Wang Bing, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Six filmmakers illustrate in their own way their vision of the state of the world today.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2006. Documentary by Chantal Akerman.
Runtime: 78 min.

Tomorrow We Move

V.O.: Demain on déménage
Fr. 2004. Comedy by Chantal Akerman with Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle. When her father dies, an author of erotic novels is forced to take in her mother, who gives piano lessons at home.
Runtime: 110 min.

From the Other Side

V.O.: De l'autre côté
Fr. 2002. Documentary by Chantal Akerman. The fate of Mexicans who cross the border to try their luck in the United States.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 2000. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy. Consumed by jealousy, a young man sequesters the one he loves in his apartment.
Runtime: 118 min.
Bel. 1999. Documentary by Chantal Akerman. Reconstruction of the lynching of a young black man by three white supremacists in 1998 in Texas.
Runtime: 70 min.
Fr. 1995. Sentimental comedy by Chantal Akerman with William Hurt, Juliette Binoche, Paul Guilfoyle.
Runtime: 108 min.

From the East

V.O.: D'est
Fr. 1993. Documentary by Chantal Akerman. A look at life in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Runtime: 107 min.

Night and Day

V.O.: Nuit et jour
Bel. 1991. Sentimental drama by Chantal Akerman with Guilaine Londez, Thomas Langmann, François Negret. A Parisian woman is seduced by the colleague of her cab driver fianc
Runtime: 90 min.
Bel. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Chantal Akerman with Eszter Balint, Judith Malina, Mark Amitin. In turn, newly arrived Americans of Jewish descent come to talk about their lives since arriving in New York.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1986. Sketches by Chantal Akerman, Maxi Cohen, Valie Export, Laurence Gavron, Bette Gordon, Ulrike Ottinger, Helke Sander with Michael Dick, Évelyne Didi, Irm Hermann. The illustration of the seven deadly sins, from a female perspective.
Runtime: 120 min.

Window Shopping

V.O.: Golden Eighties
Fr. 1985. Musical by Chantal Akerman with Delphine Seyrig, Fanny Cottençon, Charles Denner. The loving exchanges between the employees of a clothing store and a hairdressing salon facing each other in a shopping mall.
Runtime: 96 min.

A Whole Night

V.O.: Toute une nuit
Bel. 1982. Essay film by Chantal Akerman with Aurore Clément, Pierre Forget, Véronique Silver. On a hot summer night in Brussels, various people take actions that will change the course of their lives.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 100 min.

Anna's Meetings

V.O.: Les Rendez-vous d'Anna
Fr. 1978. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël. The tribulations of a Belgian filmmaker who came to present her latest film in Germany.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1976. Essay film by Chantal Akerman. A young girl staying in New York receives letters from her mother in Belgium.
Runtime: 89 min.
Bel. 1975. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck. Three days in the very regulated life of a Brussels widow, who prostitutes herself in the afternoons in the small apartment she shares with her teenage son.
Runtime: 201 min.
Bel. 1974. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion. 'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
Runtime: 90 min.

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