Films
News from Home [STAFF PICKS]
- Director(s)
- Chantal Akerman
- Country
- Belgium
- France
- Year
- 1976
- Duration
- 85 minutes
- Language
- English
- Format
- DCP
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Staff Picks – Marie-Ève Drolet (café-bar)
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.
- Director(s)
- Chantal Akerman
- Country
- Belgium
- France
- Year
- 1976
- Duration
- 85 minutes
- Language
- English
- Format
- DCP
![](https://www.cinemamoderne.com/wp-content/themes/cm/dist/images/G.png)
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