Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) poster3

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Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1975

Across three days, a widowed Brussels housewife performs the rituals of her ordered life — cooking, cleaning, caring for her son, and discreetly receiving gentlemen callers in the afternoons — until tiny cracks begin to show. Chantal Akerman's monumental, hypnotic study of routine.

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Chantal Akerman's Brussels-set Belgian/French landmark and a defining Belgian-authored film.

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Part of 10 Essential Belgian Films

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