Film
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (15)
Dir. Chantal Ackerman, Belgium/France, 1975, 202 mins. In French with English subtitles. Cast. Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck.
A woman cooks. A woman cleans. A woman runs errands. A woman takes care of her son. A woman sleeps. A woman wakes. Repeat the cycle. Akerman’s masterpiece turns the mundanity of life’s daily rhythms into an investigation of womanhood, stasis, tragedy and order, with Delphine Seyrig giving a performance of near-perfect stillness. Focusing almost exclusively on Jeanne’s day-to-day existence, punctuated by the visit of clients for sex work before her son returns from school, the film’s slow, methodical pacing produces a hypnotising effect that draws the viewer in.
Named by critics and scholars as the Greatest Film of All Time in the 2022 edition of Sight & Sound’s famed decennial poll, Jeanne Dielman is a modernist masterpiece.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
A woman cooks. A woman cleans. A woman runs errands. A woman takes care of her son. A woman sleeps. A woman wakes. Repeat the cycle. Akerman’s masterpiece turns the mundanity of life’s daily rhythms into an investigation of womanhood, stasis, tragedy and order, with Delphine Seyrig giving a performance of near-perfect stillness. Focusing almost exclusively on Jeanne’s day-to-day existence, punctuated by the visit of clients for sex work before her son returns from school, the film’s slow, methodical pacing produces a hypnotising effect that draws the viewer in.
Named by critics and scholars as the Greatest Film of All Time in the 2022 edition of Sight & Sound’s famed decennial poll, Jeanne Dielman is a modernist masterpiece.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk