Voted as Sight & Sound's Greatest Film of All Time in the 2022 Critics' poll, this is the greatest film of all time, about time.
Jeanne Dielman, the widowed mother of a teenage son, lives a repetitive existence from her tiny apartment.
Her days see the routine of domestic chores, and her job as a part-time sex worker.
She appears entirely aligned to her situation, until a series of small interruptions in her routine lead to dramatic changes.
Jeanne Dielman is a revolutionary film, with its bold approach to narrative structure. Chronicling the breakdown of its protagonist over the course of three days, director Chantal Akerman's cinematically radical 1975 film records everyday life in extended time and mesmerising detail.
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