MOVIE · 1976

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Drama202 min

In a Brussels apartment, Delphine Seyrig is Jeanne Dielman, a widowed mother whose days follow a strict order: seeing her son off to school, cleaning, shopping, cooking, and receiving male clients in the afternoon. Over the course of three days, the film stays close to those routines, watching the work of keeping a home and the small shifts that begin to disturb it. Jan Decorte is the son who returns each evening to the same table, the same rooms, and the same rituals. Chantal Akerman films Jeanne’s domestic life in long, fixed takes that keep attention on gesture, repetition, and space.