LETTRE D’UN CINÉASTE

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman (Brussels, Belgium, 1950 - Paris, France, 2015), one of the most important avant-garde and feminist directors of the 1970s, got her start in film at fifteen years of age, after seeing Pierrot le Fou by Godard. She debuted in 1968 with Saute ma ville, which was followed in 1972 by La chambre and Hôtel Monterey and in 1974 by Je, tu, il, elle. She moved to New York, where she frequented artists such as Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol and Stan Brackage. In 1975 she directed her best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23, rue du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. Over the years, she has traversed countries and genres with movies such as Golden Eighties (1986), D’Est (1983), Un divan à New York (1996), La Captive (2000, presented at the Torino Film Festival), and La folie Almayer (2011). Her final film, No Home Movie (2015), was presented at the last Locarno Film Festival. 

FILMOGRAFIA

Saute, ma ville (cm, 1968), L'Enfant aimé (cm, 1971), Hôtel Monterey (1972), La Chambre (1972), Hanging Out Yonkers (1973), Le 15/8 (1973), Je, tu, il, elle (1974), Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News from Home (1977), Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978), Toute une nuit (Tutta una notte, 1982), Les années 80 (1983), Paris vu par… Vingt ans aprés (1984), New York, New York Bis (1984), La Paresse (1986), Le Marteau (1986), Mallet-Stevens (1986), Letters Home (1986), Golden Eighties (1986), Seven Women, Seven Sins (1987), Histoires d'Amerique (1988), Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher (1989), Trois dernieres sonate de Franz Schubert (1989), Contre l'oubli (1991), Nuit et jour (1991), D'Est (1993), Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années '60 a Bruxelles (1994), Un divano a New York (Un divan à New York, 1996), Sud (1999), La Captive (2000).