Directed by:
Chantal AkermanCinematography:
Gilberto AzevedoCast:
Delphine Seyrig, Myriam Boyer, Fanny Cottençon, Lio, Charles Denner, Jean-François Balmer, John Berry, Nathalie Richard, Simon Reggiani, Isabelle Gruault (more)VOD (1)
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The exuberant enchantments of the singing, dancing musical meet the feminist, formalist sensibility of cinematic visionary Chantal Akerman in this uniquely captivating vision of love and survival in the age of late capitalism. Amid the consumerist wonderland of a shopping mall, a cadre of store employees bounce in and out of one another’s arms in a cycle of breakups, makeups, misunderstandings, and reunions, their romantic roundelay punctuated by imaginatively stylized production numbers. Working with frequent star Delphine Seyrig and a remarkable team of writers - who between them penned everything from Jules And Jim to Desperately Seeking Susan - Akerman deftly balances the shiny pop pleasures of the genre with piercing variations on her signature themes, including a startlingly moving reflection on Jewish resilience and the legacy of the Holocaust. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Delphine Seyrig
Lebanon
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Myriam Boyer
France
Best movies:
Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Fanny Cottençon
Gabon
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
Spécial police (1985)
Lio
Portugal
Best movies:
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
Love Like Poison (2010)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Charles Denner
Poland
Best movies:
The Two of Us (1967)
Mado (1976)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
John Berry
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Nathalie Richard
France
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
After Love (2020)
The Wild Boys (2017)
Simon Reggiani
France
Best movies:
L'Addition (1984)
The King's Daughters (2000)
Navarro (1989) (series)
Isabelle Gruault
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Muriel Combeau
Best movies:
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Tango (1993)
Slalom (2020)
Olivier Achard
Best movies:
L'allée du roi (1996) (series)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Les Rois du gag (1985)
Marie Pillet
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Before Sunset (2004)
Ridiculous (1996)
Laurent Allaire
Best movies:
Simon and the Dream Hunters (1990)
Surviving My Mother (2007)
Nicolas Tronc
France
Best movies:
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
Maigret (1991) (series)