19 January 2025, 2.30pm at the Jeu de Paume
This film, considered to be one of the greatest cinematographic works of all time, was made by Chantal Akerman at the age of 25! Just like Orson Welles for another of the indisputable monuments: “Citizen Kane”. Over three hours long, this is a deeply moving film about the status of women, about the imprisonment of women behind the conventions and expectations of society, with a masterful performance by Delphine Seyrig. But it is also about the painful silences of the survivors of the Shoah, building a dam in the face of History in order to rebuild their lives, and from which their children’s generation, like Chantal Akerman, will suffer. A film that is best appreciated by seeing the director’s other works from that era, such as ‘Je, Tu, Il, Elle…’ and ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna’.