Je, tu, il, elle / I, You, He, She

Μυθοπλασία/Fiction, Βέλγιο/Belgium, 1974, 86 ́ DCP, α/μ/b&w, Με ήχο/Sound

At the time of shooting, Chantal Akerman was 24-years-old and the film is a wonderfully blatant work of autobiography. The progress of this film’s narrative is clearly heralded by its title. The “I” is a young woman, a willing prisoner in a bedroom. The presence of time dramatizes this enclosure in relation to solitude and solitude’s impossibility. The “you” is the writing, of letters and texts. The “he” is a lorry-driver who talks of his relationship to women. Finally, “she”, a girlfriend who at first refuses the recluse and at last invites her into bed.

Σκηνοθεσία/Direction: Chantal Akerman
Σενάριο/Screenplay: Chantal Akerman, Eric De Kuyper
Φωτογραφία/ Cinematography: Bénédicte Delesalle, Renelde Dupont, Charlotte Szlovak
Μοντάζ/Editing: Luc Freché
Ηθοποιοί/Cast: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthier
Παραγωγή/Production: Paradise Films
Αποκατάσταση/Restoration: Restored by Cinémathèque royale de Belgique (Cinematek, Belgium) from the original camera negatives (B&W, 35mm and16mm) and positive elements
Πηγή κόπιας/Print source: Cinémathèque royale de Belgique (Cinematek, Belgium)

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