Chantal Akerman: Her First Look Behind the Camera

September. 10,2023

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Keywords：

Experimental

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Filmed as part of Akerman’s film school entrance exam, these raw and playful 8mm miniatures capture life at a Brussels fairground and the courtyard of a hotel, alongside an oblique, two-part fiction set in the seaside shops of Knokke.

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