Icarus Films: I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

Directed by Marianne Lambert

I DON'T BELONG ANYWHERE: THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN explores some of the Belgian filmmaker's 40 plus films, and from Brussels to Tel Aviv, from Paris to New York, it charts the sites of her peregrinations.

An experimental filmmaker, a nomad, Chantal Akerman shared with Marianne Lambert her cinematic trajectory, one that never ceased to interrogate the meaning of her existence. And with her editor and long-time collaborator, Claire Atherton, she examines the origins of her film language, and aesthetic stance.

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I DON'T BELONG ANYWHERE includes excerpts from many films made throughout Akerman's career, including JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975), NEWS FROM HOME (1976), THE RENDEZ-VOUS OF ANNA, JE, TU, IL, ELLE (1974), SOUTH (1998), FROM THE EAST (1993), FROM THE OTHER SIDE (2002), LA-BAS (2006), and, what would be Chantal Akerman's last film, NO HOME MOVIE (2015).

"A career-spanning documentary [that] provides valuable insights"—Variety

"Offers an overview of Akerman's career while showcasing the behind-the-scenes process of her work."—IndieWire

"The least sentimental love letter you'll ever come across."—Vogue

2016 European Union Film Festival

2016 Ann Arbor Film Festival

World Premiere, 2015 Locarno Film Festival

North American Premiere, 2015 RIDM Documentary Film Festival of Montreal

67 minutes / Color
English; French / English subtitles
Release: 2016
Copyright: 2015

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Subject areas:
Cinema Studies, France, Gay Studies, Jewish Studies, Women's Studies

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