Tell Me

Chantal Akerman meets with elderly Jewish women in Paris, all of them survivors of the Shoah, and listens to their family stories. Between interviews, Akerman's mother Natalia speaks of her own family. Made for a French miniseries on grandmothers.

Cast

Chantal Akerman

as Self

Natalia Akerman

as Self (voice)

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