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.
Direction
Akerman's static frames turn peeling potatoes into existential dread.
Acting
Seyrig's micro-expressions carry 3.5 hours without a single monologue.
Cinematography
Fixed shots so long you become the room, not the viewer.
Director
Chantal Akerman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Akerman shot this at age 25 with a mostly female crew—practically unheard of in 1975 European cinema.
The infamous 'mistake' with the button—Seyrig actually messed up, and Akerman kept it because it revealed Jeanne's unraveling.
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