Cast: Chantal Akerman

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Chantal Akerman. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


News from Home

1977 · Documentary · 85 min. · Belgium

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Chantal Akerman

Plot Chantal Akerman’s News From Home combines mostly static shots of New York City with letters written to Chantal from her mother in Belgium. Other than the growing desire to have...

7.7

392 votes

7.7

392 votes

Elle a passé tant d'heures sous les sunlights...

1985 · Movie · 130 min. · France

Direction Philippe Garrel

Cast Mireille Perrier · Jacques Bonnaffé · Anne Wiazemsky · Lou Castel

Plot A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one...

7.6

168 votes

7.6

168 votes

I, You, She, He

1974 · Movie · 86 min. · France

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Chantal Akerman · Niels Arestrup · Claire Wauthion

Plot "Je Tu Il Elle" was the first feature-length effort from avant-garde filmmaker Chantal Akerman. The story, simple in extreme, concerns a high-strung woman taking a lengthy journey through France. Her...

6.9

438 votes

6.9

438 votes

L'Homme à la valise (TV)

1983 · Movie · 60 min. · France

6.8

30 votes

6.8

30 votes

No Home Movie

2015 · Documentary · 115 min. · Belgium

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Natalia Akerman · Chantal Akerman

Plot A documentary about the mother of director Chantal Akerman who lived in Brussels. The film was built around a series of interviews with her mother, a WWII survivor, before she...

6.8

305 votes

6.8

305 votes

6.4

32 votes

What Is Cinema?

2013 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Workman

Cast Mike Leigh · Jonas Mekas · David Lynch · Michael Moore

Plot Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker...

6.3

69 votes

6.3

69 votes

Saute ma ville (S)

1968 · Movie · 13 min. · Belgium

6.3

374 votes

6.3

374 votes

Room 666 (TV)

1982 · Documentary · 45 min. · France

Direction Wim Wenders

Cast Wim Wenders · Jean-Luc Godard · Werner Herzog · Yilmaz Güney

Plot During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of film directors from around the world to get, each one at a time, into a hotel room -number 666-,...

6.1

421 votes

6.1

421 votes

The Room (S)

1972 · Documentary · 10 min. · Belgium

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Chantal Akerman

Plot In a 360° circular panoramic shot the camera slowly pans an entire apartment. When it first passes the bedroom there is nobody there but each time it shows the room...

5.3

361 votes

5.3

361 votes

Autour de Jeanne Dielman

1975 · Documentary · 78 min. · France

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Les Ministères de l'art (TV)

1989 · Documentary · 52 min. · France

Direction Philippe Garrel

Cast Chantal Akerman · Juliet Berto · Leos Carax · Jacques Doillon

Plot Philippe Garrel’s documentary on France’s second wave of masterful filmmakers. Featuring Jean Eustache, Chantal Akerman, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Benoit Jacquot.

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Family Business: Chantal Akerman Speaks About Film (S)

1984 · Movie · 18 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Chantal Akerman · Aurore Clément · Colleen Camp

Plot Chantal Akerman was commissioned by Visions to make this short film for £20,000. It was first shown on 21 November 1984, on Channel 4. Akerman herself plays the role of...

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Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series)

1988 · Documentary · min. · France

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L.A. Tea Time

2019 · Documentary · 82 min. · Canada

Direction Sophie Bédard Marcotte

Cast Chantal Akerman · Sophie Bédard Marcotte · Isabelle Stachtchenko · Miranda July

Plot L.A. TEA TIME is an unusual travelogue, at times meditative, at times haunted, recounting the adventures of Sophie and Isabelle with humor and a little touch of magic.

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Le Jour Ou (S)

1997 · Documentary · 7 min. · France

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L'enfant aimé ou je joue à être une femme mariée

1971 · Movie · 35 min. · Belgium

Direction Chantal Akerman

Cast Chantal Akerman · Daphné Merzer · Claire Wauthion

Plot A young mother, alone with her daughter, confides in a friend who happens to be the director herself. Chantal Akerman, although she sympathizes with the mother, does not say a...

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5% de risque

1980 · Movie · 95 min. · France

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Chantal Akerman from here

2010 · Documentary · 60 min. · Brazil

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