Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (Akerman, 1978): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6pm
This screening is part of the Chantal Akerman season at BFI. The 4K restoration also screens on March February 7th. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
The succes de scandale of Jeanne Dielman brought Chantal Akerman
the opportunity to make a film for the French major Gaumont; the result
was this moody, terse, haunting feature about a woman filmmaker (Aurore
Clement) on a promotional tour of Europe. In each city she takes the
chance to look up relatives, friends, and ex-lovers, but none of the
meetings is wholly satisfying; some block to communication always
remains. Akerman’s use of long takes and open spaces delineates the gulf
that separates her characters from their environment and from each
other. While the atmosphere of anomie may be familiar from countless
European art films, it is Akerman’s intense emotionality, held
desperately in check by her precise camera style, that makes this effort
something special.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the opening to the film.
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