Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
By: produced by Guy Cavagnac, Alain Dahan, Liliane de Kermadec, Corinne Jénart, Evelyne Paul, Paul Vecchiali ; written and directed by Chantal Anne Akerman
Contributors: Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990, actor; Decorte, Jan, actor; Storck, Henri, actor
Edition: [Director-approved edition].
Series: The Criterion collection; Criterion collection -- 484.
Published: 2017
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Drama; Chores; Mothers and sons; Widows; Prostitution
Description: Living with her son, a middle-aged widow's daily routine rarely varies, cooking, cleaning, and turning the occasional trick to make ends meet.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.

Mono, wide screen 1.66:1.

Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies in container.

Features: Autour de "Jeanne Dielman" documentary shot by actor Sami Frey and edited by Agnes Ravez and Akerman, made during the filming of Jeanne Dielman; 2009 interviews with Akerman and cinematographer Babette Mangolte; excerpt from "Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman," a 1997 episode of the French television program Cinéma de notre temps; interview with Akerman's mother, Natalia; archival television interview excerpt featuring Akerman and star Delphine Seyrig; Saute ma ville (1968), Akerman's first film, with an introduction by the director; new and improved English subtitle translation.

Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

In French with optional English subtitles.