Movies like jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles
jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, more commonly known simply as Jeanne Dielman, (French pronunciation: [ʒan dilmɑ̃ vɛ̃ tʁwɑ ke dy kɔmeʁs mil katʁəvɛ̃ bʁysɛl], "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels") is a 1975 arthouse film by Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman.
Upon its release, critic Louis Marcorelles called it the "first masterpiece of the feminine in the history of the cinema". It has become a cult classic and was the 19th-greatest film of the 20th century in a critics poll conducted by The Village Voice.
Jeanne Dielman examines a single mother's regimented schedule of cooking, cleaning and mothering over three days. The mother, Jeanne Dielman (whose name is only derived from the title and from a letter she reads to her son), has sex with male clients in her house daily for her and her son's subsistence. Like her other activities, Jeanne's sex work is part of the routine she performs every day by rote and is uneventful. But on the second and third day, Jeanne's routine begins to unravel subtly, as she overcooks the potatoes that she's preparing for dinner, and drops a newly washed spoon. These alterations to Jeanne's existence prepare for the climax on the third day, during which she murders a client.
