May 20, 1977
89 min
Full-HD

News from Home (1977)

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.

Category

Documentary

Country

Belgium France Germany

Companies

ZDF Paradise Films Unité Trois INA

Chantal Akerman

Narrator (voice)

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