Chantal Akerman

Saute ma ville

Saute ma ville

Made when the director was just eighteen, Chantal Akerman’s debut film is a blistering first expression of what would become one of her major themes: women’s confinement in and rebellion against the domestic sphere. Akerman plays a young woman who, alone in her kitchen, enacts a savaging of traditional domestic rituals that leads to a literally explosive climax.

Film Info

  • Belgium
  • 1968
  • 13 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.66:1
  • French

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Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

Chantal Akerman Masterpieces, 1968–1978

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3 Discs

$69.95

Saute ma ville
Cast
Chantal Akerman
Credits
Director
Chantal Akerman
Camera
René Fruchter
Editor
Geneviève Luciani

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