SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“This is one of the best depictions of the alienation of exile that I know.”
88 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chantal Akerman. In French with English subtitles.
Note: This screening is part of a series, “The Talk of the Town,” inspired by the upcoming exhibit “Peggy Bacon: Biting, never Bitter.” Each film in this series concerns a female artist navigating their ambitions in a big city. Films in “The Talk of the Town” series will screen at 3 pm on Saturdays throughout June.
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.