Chantal Akerman Movies
- 1971
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman
The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman6.61971HD
In this unfinished work, a young mother, her little girl, as well as a friend of the mother's, spend the summer in a villa. The mother shares her...
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- 1974
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen7.81974HD
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
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- 2003
From the Other Side
From the Other Side7.12003HD
From the Other Side is a haunting and minimalist documentary that explores the tragic realities of illegal immigration along the U.S.–Mexico...
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- 2010
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!02010HD
Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers...
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- 1997
The Day When...
The Day When...7.31997HD
Chantal Akerman reads a script detailing the woes that befell her on the day she thought about "The Future of Cinema". The camera continuously...
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- 2016
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
But Elsewhere Is Always Better02016HD
A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s. Using her own footage of...
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- 1984
De droomproducenten
De droomproducenten101984HD
Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.
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- 1985
The Eighties
The Eighties6.11985HD
All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping...
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- 2007
The State of the World
The State of the World5.32007HD
Six directors, six independent films, six visions on the state of the world. Each carrying a unique and personal interpretation of a specific...
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- 2007
Interview with Babette Mangolte
Interview with Babette Mangolte82007HD
"To begin with, we have Babette Mangolte, the camera technician on Hotel Monterey, La Chambre and Jeanne Dielman, but who for me also symbolises the...
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- 2016
My Name is Chantal Akerman
My Name is Chantal Akerman02016HD
In August 2012, Chantal Akerman went scouting in the American South with the idea of shooting a documentary there, inspired by the story of Jake...
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- 1967
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi
Bruxelles: À la Foire du Midi5.21967HD
The first film by Chantal Akerman, a short silent 8mm film shot during the Brussels summer Midi Fair, that was one of four short films she made as a...
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- 1985
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps7.31985HD
A young film director is making a movie with his friend Christa. In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one real, one imagined, and the...
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- 1999
South
South6.41999HD
Chantal Akerman investigates the American Deep South through the story of a lynching and grisly murder of an African-American man that took place in...
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- 2022
Autour de La Folie Almayer
Autour de La Folie Almayer02022HD
An in-depth, behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Chantal Akerman's 2011 film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book about a merchant, whose...
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- 2007
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman
Interview with my Mother, Natalia Akerman82007HD
In this 2007 interview, an off-camera Chantal Akerman interviews her mother about her films. The producers of the interview originally intended to...
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- 1986
The Hammer
The Hammer6.81986HD
The hammer is the tool a sculptor uses to chip away at the block. It is the emblematic tool of French artist Jean-Luc Vilmouth. Akerman here...
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- 1987
L'inhumaine
L'inhumaine01987HD
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- 2009
Maniac Summer
Maniac Summer82009HD
Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with...
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- 2012
My Mother Laughs Prelude
My Mother Laughs Prelude82012HD
“My mother laughs prelude” is a performance from the book that Chantal made about her mother. In 2013, Akerman’s mother was dying....
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