News from Home

Name: News from Home
Director: Chantal Akerman
Released: 1977-05-20T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7

1977 · TMDB 7.0

Directed by Chantal Akerman

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.

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Chantal Akerman's experimental documentary-letter from New York, where her mother's voice reads letters over images of the city, capturing the solitude and freedom of exile.

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Chantal Akerman

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Runtime: 89 min
Released: 1977-05-20
Studio: ZDF
Country: Belgium
Language: French
TMDB score: 7.0

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Chantal Akerman's experimental documentary-letter from New York, where her mother's voice reads letters over images of the city, capturing the solitude and freedom of exile.