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Dec 9, 2015 · A pungent and tragicomic critique of domestic life and the literal explosion of the so-called ‘feminine universe’, Saute ma ville (1968), the first short film by Chantal Akerman, then 18, allows each of us to identify with the position of women assigned to the home (here, the kitchen, emblematic space of this universe) and, as a retort, glorifie...
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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.
Jul 7, 1989 · Saute ma ville: Directed by Chantal Akerman. With Chantal Akerman. A young girl shuts herself away in her apartment and goes about her business in a strange way, as she wastes the night in her apartment.
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- Short, Comedy, Drama
- Chantal Akerman
- 1989-07-07
Saute ma ville. Directed by Chantal Akerman • 1968 • Belgium. 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's first short film, Saute ma ville (1968), premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1971. That year, she moved to New York City, where she would stay until 1972.
Mar 16, 2020 · Chantal Akerman's 1968 short film 'Saute ma ville' directly reflects our current state, serving as a meditative text on the art of staying home.
Saute ma ville. Belgium, 1968 / 35mm / Black and White / 13 min. Cast: Chantal Akerman. Editing: Geneviève Luciani. Photography: Babette Mangolte
