Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

A lonely young widow lives with her son following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.

Cast

Delphine Seyrig

as Jeanne Dielman

Jan Decorte

as Sylvain Dielman

Henri Storck

as 1st Caller

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

as 2nd Caller

Yves Bical

as 3rd Caller

Chantal Akerman

as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)

Reviews

badelf

Yes, it's 3 hours, but we have to forgive that it's from an era before MTV and the resulting cultural ADD. If I didn't know better, I'd think this was the inspiration for Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010). Well, actually, I don't know better. Maybe it was. The premise is ...

testr

There's a lot of much deeper things to say about this film and what it does and what it means, about the crushing routine of everyday life, about the nature of the worlds we live in, the stories we tell, but for now I just wanna say this movie is incredibly hypnotic and genuinely engaging and passes...

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