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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Chantal Akerman meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily domestic routine of a middle-aged widow. Her chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her grown son, and turning the occasional trick. Her life is beginning to break down.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.

Special features: Restored digital transfer; "Autour de Jeanne Dielman:" a 69-minute documentary shot during the original filming; new interviews with Akerman and cinematographer Babette Mangolte; excerpt from "Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman:" a 1997 episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps; interview with Akerman's mother, Natalia; archival television interview excerpt featuring Akerman and star Delphine Seyrig; "Saute ma ville:" (1968), Akerman's first film, with an introduction by the director. A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies.

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