Chantal Akerman

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Chantal Anne Akerman (born 6 June 1950) is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Renowned for a hyperrealist style, Akerman's work seeks to inscribe the images between the images.Akerman's most famous film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.

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