Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

7.4

1976

3h 22m

Drama

Overview

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.

Trailer

UK Re-Release Trailer Official

Cast

Jeanne Dielman

Delphine Seyrig

Jeanne Dielman

Sylvain Dielman

Jan Decorte

Sylvain Dielman

1st Caller

Henri Storck

1st Caller

2nd Caller

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

2nd Caller

3rd Caller

Yves Bical

3rd Caller

Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)

Chantal Akerman

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 similar. Here we become the spectator of one woman's descent into madness. It's kind of riveting in a ghoulish sort or way.

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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 by far quicker than any movie this long and with this little happening rightly should. Good stuff tbh.

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