Experimental film about a restless widow driven to desperation by boredom, from Venice Golden Lion-winning auteur Chantal Akerman (Night and...
Experimental film about a restless widow driven to desperation by boredom, from Venice Golden Lion-winning auteur Chantal Akerman (Night and Day).
Jeanne Dielman does her daily chores in the apartment where she and her teenage son live, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. But slowly, her routine begins to fall apart.
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Where to watch Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels
95 %59 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
79 %1,305 reviewsAudience score rating
"A neglected classic."
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TV Guide
TV Guide"Jeanne Dielman is immersion cinema, a brilliant example of maximal minimalism that fuses viewer with subject so profoundly, the marathon experience transcends simple spectatorship."
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Time Out
Time Out"Chantal Akerman's feature is one of the few 'feminist' movies that's as interesting aesthetically as politically."
—Time Out
Time Out"Jeanne Dielman deals in unadorned facts. It's about the looks and sounds of ordinary things and people, which it records with such... unsettling clarity that it has the effect of finding threats in mundane objects and doom in [the] commonplace."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Monumental ..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesJeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels | Details
- Runtime
- 201
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Belgium, France
