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7.0(79 votes)
1977
1h 29m
Documentary

Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.

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Production

Companies:
ZDF
Paradise Films
Unité Trois

Languages

Original:fr
Spoken:
French

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