Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
- 1975
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- 3h 22min
Une femme au foyer solitaire et veuve vaque à ses occupations quotidiennes, fait le ménage dans l'appartement où elle vit avec son fils adolescent, et se livre occasionnellement à la prostit... Tout lireUne femme au foyer solitaire et veuve vaque à ses occupations quotidiennes, fait le ménage dans l'appartement où elle vit avec son fils adolescent, et se livre occasionnellement à la prostitution pour joindre les deux bouts. Toutefois, quelque chose se produit qui va changer sa r... Tout lireUne femme au foyer solitaire et veuve vaque à ses occupations quotidiennes, fait le ménage dans l'appartement où elle vit avec son fils adolescent, et se livre occasionnellement à la prostitution pour joindre les deux bouts. Toutefois, quelque chose se produit qui va changer sa routine tranquille.
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Apparently, this cinematographic study of housewife's social condition was first intended to be politically engaging at its release, and rightly so, seeing the socio-cultural contexts of 70s. But categorizing it simply as a pioneer of feminist film making, one would miss more essential values this experimental work may embody. If we feel a lingering melancholy and a vague sorrow toward the secluded existence of the protagonist, her solitary acts of peeling vegetables, boiling water, or mechanically making love with men for living... it is probably not because this is a mere depiction of women's status which one hope to be improved in more egalitarian society. We find here something much more deep seated in the modern men's existence in general, namely the social condition of laborers trapped by a particular mode of occupation, gradually and ineluctably losing any clue of human communication as well as the conviction of one's own destiny, without really knowing why.
But we don't understand the film, right? If we understood it, we would acknowledge its greatness, right? No. We fully understand that the message the director wants to convey is that many women's lives suck and that they are fed up with society, life and being housewives and that men are to blame. They become depressed and crazy because of this. We do understand this. However, that political message in itself is not enough for a great movie.
How could this be ranked as number one on the Sight & Sound poll? It is sad. She was so young when she directed this film and you can tell by watching it! It is absolutely not the greatest film in the world. It is more like a typical film one would do if you lacked the resources to do something greater.
There are some clichés in the movie as well.
I give the film a 2-rating because I acknowledge some qualities. For example, the movie became pretty creepy in the end.
After 30 minutes of uncomfortable fidget I started to become tuned into the monotony of Jeanne's existence and only subsequently struggled with the final half hour, although the ending perked me up. If nothing else this film has the power to get you thinking of your insignificance and, possibly, the chance of you doing something about it.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesJeanne Dielman's obsessive and exacting ritualistic behavior was inspired by director Chantal Akerman's mother, Natalia Akerman.
- GaffesFrom around 01:11:18 to 01:11:36, we can see the boom mic on right of the frame.
- Citations
Sylvain Dielman: [Referring to his dead father] If he was ugly, did you want to make love with him?
Jeanne Dielman: Ugly or not, it wasn't all that important. Besides, "making love" as you call it, is merely a detail. And I had you. And he wasn't as ugly as all that.
Sylvain Dielman: Would you want to remarry?
Jeanne Dielman: No. Get used to someone else?
Sylvain Dielman: I mean someone you love.
Jeanne Dielman: Oh, you know...
Sylvain Dielman: Well, if I were a woman, I could never make love with someone I wasn't deeply in love with.
Jeanne Dielman: How could you know? You're not a woman. Lights out?
- ConnexionsEdited into Les variations Dielman (2010)
- Bandes originalesBagatelle for Piano
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Montant brut mondial
- 41 466 $US