Letters Home

je connais Sylvia Plath que par sa mort donc ça a pas forcément aidé mais y'avait des trucs (notamment l'écriture) qu'étaient très cool

le fait que ce soit le 10ème film que j'regarde d'akerman et que ce soit le 2ème qui parle d'une relation épistolaire entre une mère et sa fille me fait un peu rire mais pas bcp non plus

akerman ranked

je connais Sylvia Plath que par sa mort donc ça a pas forcément aidé mais y'avait des trucs (notamment l'écriture) qu'étaient très cool

le fait que ce soit le 10ème film que j'regarde d'akerman et que ce soit le 2ème qui parle d'une relation épistolaire entre une mère et sa fille me fait un peu rire mais pas bcp non plus

akerman ranked

One of Chantal Akerman's last collaboration with actress and star Delphine Seyrig, Letters Home is a often hard but fascinating experience that by the end moves through simplicity of style and complexities of characters. The film plays out like a play and this format is easily Letters Home's most interesting yet frustrating aspect, it's quite hard a lot of time to fully grasp entirely and feel the story for what it is through this format but it is pretty interesting and how Akerman uses it along with cinematic language is subtle but quite effective. Easily the highlight of this piece is Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig, both of their performances are great and beautiful especially from Coralie and their performances as a whole turn the dialogue heavy play into a true emotional rollercoaster and makes Letters Home at the very least watchable when it's at it's most tedious. It's hard to fully give this a rating, its definitely a bit boring and with a runtime of 104 minutes I can completely understand why this wouldn't connect with someone even if they love Akerman's films. At times it's really slow and drags on for way to long and this time Akerman's trademark usage of time and silence is replaced with a lot and a lot of talking but there is still many shining moments throughout of pure brilliance. Akerman's direction here is simplistic but interesting, the performances are extremely great and overall it's a hypnotic if a bit of a exhausting watch, would I recommend it? Only if you are interested I say, if you are fascinated by the original Rose Leiman Goldemberg's play or you just want more Delphine Seyrig in your life then this is a nice watch, just prepared yourself and know that you are about to watch a play more then an actual film. It's currently on Mubi at the time of writing so if it looks interesting to you and you have already seen Akerman's other films then sure give it a watch!

One of Chantal Akerman's last collaboration with actress and star Delphine Seyrig, Letters Home is a often hard but fascinating experience that by the end moves through simplicity of style and complexities of characters. The film plays out like a play and this format is easily Letters Home's most interesting yet frustrating aspect, it's quite hard a lot of time to fully grasp entirely and feel the story for what it is through this format but it is pretty interesting and how Akerman uses it along with cinematic language is subtle but quite effective. Easily the highlight of this piece is Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig, both of their performances are great and beautiful especially from Coralie and their performances as a whole turn the dialogue heavy play into a true emotional rollercoaster and makes Letters Home at the very least watchable when it's at it's most tedious. It's hard to fully give this a rating, its definitely a bit boring and with a runtime of 104 minutes I can completely understand why this wouldn't connect with someone even if they love Akerman's films. At times it's really slow and drags on for way to long and this time Akerman's trademark usage of time and silence is replaced with a lot and a lot of talking but there is still many shining moments throughout of pure brilliance. Akerman's direction here is simplistic but interesting, the performances are extremely great and overall it's a hypnotic if a bit of a exhausting watch, would I recommend it? Only if you are interested I say, if you are fascinated by the original Rose Leiman Goldemberg's play or you just want more Delphine Seyrig in your life then this is a nice watch, just prepared yourself and know that you are about to watch a play more then an actual film. It's currently on Mubi at the time of writing so if it looks interesting to you and you have already seen Akerman's other films then sure give it a watch!

One of Chantal Akerman's last collaboration with actress and star Delphine Seyrig, Letters Home is a often hard but fascinating experience that by the end moves through simplicity of style and complexities of characters. The film plays out like a play and this format is easily Letters Home's most interesting yet frustrating aspect, it's quite hard a lot of time to fully grasp entirely and feel the story for what it is through this format but it is pretty interesting and how Akerman uses it along with cinematic language is subtle but quite effective. Easily the highlight of this piece is Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig, both of their performances are great and beautiful especially from Coralie and their performances as a whole turn the dialogue heavy play into a true emotional rollercoaster and makes Letters Home at the very least watchable when it's at it's most tedious. It's hard to fully give this a rating, its definitely a bit boring and with a runtime of 104 minutes I can completely understand why this wouldn't connect with someone even if they love Akerman's films. At times it's really slow and drags on for way to long and this time Akerman's trademark usage of time and silence is replaced with a lot and a lot of talking but there is still many shining moments throughout of pure brilliance. Akerman's direction here is simplistic but interesting, the performances are extremely great and overall it's a hypnotic if a bit of a exhausting watch, would I recommend it? Only if you are interested I say, if you are fascinated by the original Rose Leiman Goldemberg's play or you just want more Delphine Seyrig in your life then this is a nice watch, just prepared yourself and know that you are about to watch a play more then an actual film. It's currently on Mubi at the time of writing so if it looks interesting to you and you have already seen Akerman's other films then sure give it a watch!

One of Chantal Akerman's last collaboration with actress and star Delphine Seyrig, Letters Home is a often hard but fascinating experience that by the end moves through simplicity of style and complexities of characters. The film plays out like a play and this format is easily Letters Home's most interesting yet frustrating aspect, it's quite hard a lot of time to fully grasp entirely and feel the story for what it is through this format but it is pretty interesting and how Akerman uses it along with cinematic language is subtle but quite effective. Easily the highlight of this piece is Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig, both of their performances are great and beautiful especially from Coralie and their performances as a whole turn the dialogue heavy play into a true emotional rollercoaster and makes Letters Home at the very least watchable when it's at it's most tedious. It's hard to fully give this a rating, its definitely a bit boring and with a runtime of 104 minutes I can completely understand why this wouldn't connect with someone even if they love Akerman's films. At times it's really slow and drags on for way to long and this time Akerman's trademark usage of time and silence is replaced with a lot and a lot of talking but there is still many shining moments throughout of pure brilliance. Akerman's direction here is simplistic but interesting, the performances are extremely great and overall it's a hypnotic if a bit of a exhausting watch, would I recommend it? Only if you are interested I say, if you are fascinated by the original Rose Leiman Goldemberg's play or you just want more Delphine Seyrig in your life then this is a nice watch, just prepared yourself and know that you are about to watch a play more then an actual film. It's currently on Mubi at the time of writing so if it looks interesting to you and you have already seen Akerman's other films then sure give it a watch!