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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
“I could have made mashed potatoes, but we’re having that tomorrow.”
When Routine Becomes Revolution: Chantal Akerman's Masterpiece
In 1975, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman created Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a groundbreaking examination of feminine domestic life that would later be named the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound critics in 2022. With a modest budget of $120,000 from the Belgian government, Akerman assembled an all-female crew to create this 201-minute meditation on routine, featuring Delphine Seyrig as a widowed mother whose rigid daily…
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