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Date: 1975 (Release)

Countries: Belgium, France

Director: Chantal Akerman

Synopsis: Three days in the life of a bourgeois widow who supports herself and her teenage son by taking in a 'gentleman caller' each afternoon.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Domestic cleaning, Widowhood, Sex work
Releases
Date: 1975not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - ColourRuntime: 201 mins Length: 7232 Feet
Date: 2024Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): French / Subtitles: English

Credits (21)
Production Company: Paradise Films, Production Company: Unité 3, Production Company: Ministère de la Culture Française du Belgique, Producer: Evelyne Paul, Producer: Corinne Jenart, Assistant Director: Marilyn Watelet, Assistant Director: Serge Brodsky, Assistant Director: Marianne de Muylder, Screenplay: Chantal Akerman, Director of Photography: Babette Mangolte, Editor: Patricia Canino, Assistant Editor: Catherine Huhardeaux, Assistant Editor: Martine Chicot, Art Director: Philippe Graff, Assistant Art Director: Jean-Pol Ferbus, Make-up: Éliane Marcus, Sound Recording: Benie Deswarte, Sound Recording: Françoise van Thienen, Sound Re-recording: Jean-Paul Loublier, Sound Editor: Alain Marchall
Cast (6)
Delphine Seyrig (Jeanne Dielman), Jan Decorte (Sylvain Dielman), Henri Storck (1st caller), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (2nd caller), Yves Bical (3rd caller), Chantal Akerman (voice of neighbour)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (31)
In: Film Comment v45 n4 Jul/Aug 2009  Page: 75
Title: Art-cinema pick: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce [...]Author: ZUCKERMAN, David Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short DVD review.

In: Sight and Sound v19 n10 October 2009  Page: 84
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Signs and wondersAuthor: ATKINSON, Michael Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD review for Chantal Akerman's JEANNE DIELMAN 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLE.

In: Cinéaste v35 n1 Winter 2009  Pages: 66-67
Title: DVD REVIEWS - Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080...Author: BROWN, Royal S. Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: "...Bruxelles".

In: Sight and Sound v18 n8 August 2008  Pages: 88-89
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Chantal Akerman CollectionAuthor: THOMPSON, David Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Quarterly Review of Film and Video v24 n3 2007  Pages: 217-224
Title: She's Come Undone: Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23...Author: KINSMAN, R. Patrick Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "..Quai du Commerce,1080 Bruxelles (1975) and Countercinema" Discusses the use of hyperrealist aesthetic to criticise gender roles under the capitalist system.

In: Vertigo v2 n2 Spring 2002  Page: 48
Title: Doing timeAuthor: FOWLER, Catherine Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A review of Chantal Ackerman's installation WOMAN SITTING DOWN AFTER KILLING, which is from the last ten minutes of Ackerman's second feature film JEANNE DIELMAN 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE 1080 BRUXELLES (1975).

In: Wide Angle v18 n4 October 1996  Pages: 64-73
Title: Screen MemoriesAuthor: RABINOWITZ, Paula Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Recollections of seeing DIRTY HARRY in Marrakech in the early 1970s; showing NIGHT AND FOG to high school students in the summer of 1976 in Boston; and learning to cook from JEANNE DIELMANN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE.

In: Millennium Film Journal n22 Win/Spr 1989/90  Pages: 56-75
Title: Jeanne Dielman: cinematic interrogation and "amplification"Author: SINGER, Ben Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Akerman's interrogation of conventional ways in which cinema is used to convey meaning, is examined in Singer's consideration of the editing, camera position, sound and narrative construction of JEANNE DIELMAN... .

In: Variety 24 Aug 1983  Pages: 20-22
Title: [Variety - 24 Aug 1983: no known title]Language: English

In: Australian Journal of Screen Theory n8 July 1980  Pages: 97-110
Title: [The Australian Journal of Screen Theory - n8 July 1980: no known title]Language: English

In: Quarterly Review of Film Studies v4 n2 Spring 1979  Pages: 125-133
Title: [Quarterly Review of Film Studies - v4 n2 Spring 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Time Out n457 19 Jan 1979  Page: 40
Title: [Time Out - n457 19 Jan 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: The Listener v101 n2614 7 Jun 1979  Page: 784
Title: [The Listener - v101 n2614 7 Jun 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n549 October 1979  Page: 219
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n549 October 1979: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English

In: Feminist Review 1979  Pages: 24-47
Title: Chantal Akerman's films: a dossierAuthor: MARTIN, Angela Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Dossier on Chantal Akerman's body of work from a feminist viewpoint.

In: Camera Obscura n3/4 Summer 1979  Pages: 216-218
Title: The Color of Jeanne Dielman.Author: LAKELAND, M.J. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the colour system used by Chantal Akerman in the film.

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n543 April 1979  Page: 72
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n543 April 1979: no known title]Language: English

In: Ça n14 1978  Pages: 34-40
Title: [Ça - n14 1978: no known title]Language: French

In: Film Quarterly v30 n4 Summer 1977  Pages: 2-8
Title: [Film Quarterly - v30 n4 Summer 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Camera Obscura n2 Autumn 1977  Page: 117
Title: [Camera Obscura - n2 Autumn 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Film Comment v13 n6 Nov/Dec 1977  Pages: 47-50
Title: [Film Comment - v13 n6 Nov/Dec 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Jump Cut n16 November 1977  Pages: 10-12
Title: [Jump Cut - n16 November 1977: no known title]Language: English

In: Jeune Cinéma n93 March 1976  Pages: 37-38
Title: [Jeune Cinéma - n93 March 1976: no known title]Language: French

In: Image et Son n303 February 1976  Pages: 86-88
Title: [Image et Son - n303 February 1976: no known title]Language: French

In: Cahiers du Cinéma n265 Mar/Apr 1976  Pages: 17-20
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - n265 Mar/Apr 1976: no known title]Language: French

In: Ciné-Dossiers n50 June 1975  Page: 15
Title: [Ciné-Dossiers - n50 June 1975: no known title]Language: French

In: Film en Televisie n222 November 1975  Page: 26
Title: [Film en Televisie - n222 November 1975: no known title]Language: Dutch

In: APEC Cinema v12 n3 1974/75  Pages: 92-94
Title: [APEC Cinema - v12 n3 1974/75: no known title]Language: French

In: Pour le Cinéma Belge n13 Jul/Aug 1975  Page: 4
Title: [Pour le Cinéma Belge - n13 Jul/Aug 1975: no known title]Language: French

In: APEC Cinema v13 n1/2 September 1975  Pages: 86-87
Title: [APEC Cinema - v13 n1/2 September 1975: no known title]Language: French

In: Sight and Sound v45 n1 Winter 1975/76  Pages: 22-23
Title: [Sight and Sound - v45 n1 Winter 1975/76: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Author: FOWLER, Catherine  Pages: 96 pages

Title: cinema of the low countries
Author: MATHIJS, Ernest  Pages: xviii, 268 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-9893972
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-9898388
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedBFI identifier: N-9898581
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2023BFI identifier: N-9982226
Status: Master - Access to film print is subject to clearance