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La chambre (1972)

La chambre poster
Directed by
Chantal Akerman
Genre
documentary
Country
Belgium
Runtime
11 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman lies on a bed while a camera slowly rotates 360 degrees around a small apartment. She performs small actions like eating an apple, and the camera occasionally reverses to catch a different view. The film ends with her yawning and lying back down.

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What happens

La Chambre est un court métrage expérimental belge réalisé par Chantal Akerman en 1972. Par un long panoramique à 360°, la caméra filme lentement, mais à différentes vitesses de rotation, deux pièces d'une habitation, la cuisine et la salle de séjour qui sert également de chambre à coucher. Sur le lit est allongée une femme qui, à chaque passage de la caméra, fait quelque chose, comme manger une pomme. Après trois panoramiques complets, à deux reprises la caméra effectue un bref mouvement inverse afin de surprendre la femme. Au dernier passage, elle bâille et s'allonge sur son lit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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