Rent Chantal Akerman Collection: Vol.2: 1982-2015 (2015)
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19h 3min
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- Synopsis:
Born in Brussels in 1950 to parents who had survived the Holocaust, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films (short, medium and feature-length) over almost 50 years, spanning fiction, documentary, musical comedy and literary adaptation. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors of her generation. Akerman's personal, non-conformist body of work has resonated with cinephiles globally and become increasingly relevant since her death in 2015, with filmmakers including Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter), Celine Sciamma (Petite Maman), Alice Diop (Saint Omer) and Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), among others, citing her radical and experimental approach to cinema as a direct inspiration. Although best known for her landmark second narrative feature, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), which topped the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Poll in 2022 (becoming the first female-directed film to take the number one spot since the poll's inception in 1952), Akerman never stopped rebelling, continuously experimenting throughout her career to challenge the formal and narrative boundaries of film. - Actors:
- Aurore Clément, Tchéky Karyo, Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain, Paul Allio, Jacques Bauduin, François Beukelaers, Michèle Blondeel, Philippe Bombled, Ignacio Carranza, Gabrielle Claes, Christiane Cohendy, Nicole Colchat, Edith De Barcy, Dirk de Batist, Laurent De Buyl, Jan Decleir, Jan Decorte
- Directors:
- Chantal Akerman
- Producers:
- Martine Marignac, François Le Bayon, Paulo Branco, Chantal Akerman, Patrick Quinet, Serge Zeitoun, Xavier Carniaux, Marilyn Watelet
- Voiced By:
- Patricia France, Patricia Lecomte, Martine Kivitz, Michèle Belhomme, Mino, Helena Lemkowicz, Eric Châle, Philippe Lafontaine, Yves Kengen, Bob DeMarco, John Slusny, Philippe Tasquin, Chantal Akerman
- Writers:
- Chantal Akerman, Jean Gruault, Leora Barish, Henry Bean, Pascal Bonitzer, Eric De Kuyper, Marcel Proust, Nicole Brenez, Joseph Conrad
- Aka:
- A Whole Night (All Night Long) / The Eighties / Window Shopping / Sloth / American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy / From the East / South / Down There / The Captive / From th
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Romance, Special Interest
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- Release Date:
- 16/06/2025
- Run Time:
- 1143 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono, English LPCM Stereo, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French LPCM Stereo, French LPCM Mono, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish LPCM Mono, Spanish LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Hotel des Acacias (Yves Hanchar, Pierre Charles Rochette, Frangois Vanderveken, Isabelle Willems, 1982): this short film was the outcome of an INSAS workshop led by Chantal Akerman
- Audio commentary on Histoires d'Amerique: Food, Family and Philosophy by Marc David Jacobs
- No Home But Cinema: The Spaces of Chantal Akerman (2025): video essay by writer and critic Jessica McGoff
- Le Rendez-vous de Chantal Akerman (2025): panel discussion with Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cellist and composer), Adam Roberts (co-founder of A Nos Amours collective), Celine Brouwez (Fondation Chantal Akerman), Lynda Myles (writer and producer) and Isabel Stevens (Sight and Sound)
- Marilyn Watelet Q&A (2025): Akerman's lifelong friend and producer looks back over her life and career
- Sonia Wieder-Atherton Q&A (2025): the cellist and composer discusses Golden Eighties
- Proust and Signs (2025): video essay on La Captive by writer and critic Cristina Alvarez Lopez
- Autour de la Folie Almayer (2022): 'making of' documentary, shot by Sopheak Sao and edited by Marwan Montel
- Everyone Has Their Own Life (2025): video essay on No Home Movie by artist Sarah Wood
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- Toute Une Nuit (aka A Whole Night, All Night Long) (1982)
- Les Annees 80 (aka The Eighties) (1983)
- Golden Eighties (aka Window Shopping)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- La Paresse (aka Sloth) (1986)
- Histoires d'Amerique: Food, Family and Philosophy (aka American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy) (1988)
- D'Est (aka From the East) (1993)
- Sud (aka South) (1999)
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- La Captive (aka The Captive) (2000)
- De l'Autre Côté (aka From the Other Side) (2002)
- La-Bas (aka Down There) (2006) - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following Films:
- La Folie Almayer (aka Almayer's Folly) (2011)
- No Home Movie (2015) - Disc 5:
- This disc includes special features
