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News from Home (1977)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Chantal Akerman

Synopsis

Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.

Actors

Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Narrator (voice)

Crews

Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Director
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Writer
Alain Dahan
Alain Dahan
Producer
Guy Cavagnac
Guy Cavagnac
Co-Producer
Liliane de Kermadec
Liliane de Kermadec
Co-Producer
Jim Asbell
Jim Asbell
Director of Photography
Babette Mangolte
Babette Mangolte
Director of Photography
Francine Sandberg
Francine Sandberg
Editor
Epp Kotkas
Epp Kotkas
Assistant Director
Paule Zadjermann
Paule Zadjermann
Assistant Director
Dominique Dalmasso
Dominique Dalmasso
Sound Editor
Larry Haas
Larry Haas
Sound

Trailers and other movies

News From Home (1977) -
AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME

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