Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Original title

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Directed by

Chantal Akerman

Genre

drama film, experimental film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

3h 21m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 397 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed mother goes through her daily household chores and routines over three days. The film observes her life in real time with long, static shots.

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What happens

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is a 1975 art film written and directed by Chantal Akerman, and starring Delphine Seyrig. Distinguished by its long takes, static camerawork, and slice-of-life depiction of domestic labor, the film follows the routine of a widowed mother (Seyrig) over three days. Jeanne Dielman was shot over five weeks on location in Brussels, and financed through a $120,000 grant awarded by the Belgian government. It had its world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 1975 Cannes Film Festival on 22 May, and it was theatrically released in France on 21 January 1976, where it was met with polarized reviews. In the following decades, Jeanne Dielman gained exposure and reappraisal alongside Akerman’s body of work, becoming a cult classic. Labelled as a feminist film and an early example of the slow cinema genre, it is now considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. In 2022, it placed first in the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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