Chantal Akerman
Belgium/France 1975
201 min., French with subtitles, 16mm

In perhaps the most prestigious Belgian film ever made, Akerman scrutinizes three days in the methodical life of a middle-class widow (the sublime Delphine Seyrig) who supports herself and her difficult teenage son by taking in a “gentleman caller” each afternoon. Like Orson Welles with Citizen Kane, Akerman created this feminist masterpiece when she was only 26 years old.

Made possible by contributions from the following co-sponsors at the University of Rochester: Film and Media Studies, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, and the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies.