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1977·Movie
·1h 29min·
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Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.
Experimental CinemaContemplative & MelancholicNew York CityMother-Daughter RelationshipMinimalist NarrativeSlow PacedPersonal EssayImmigrant Experience1970sUrban Isolation
Crew
Directed by:
Chantal Akerman, Paule Zadjermann, Epp Kotkas
Written by:
Chantal Akerman
Produced by:
Liliane de Kermadec, Guy Cavagnac, Alain Dahan
Composed by:
Dominique Dalmasso, Larry Haas
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