Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman (Lettre d'une cinéaste : Chantal Akerman) 39 years old

A filmmaker’s self-portrait, asking hard questions of herself and of us. Invoking Aurore Clément as a kind of stand-in or proxy, a glamorous counterpart to Akerman who sports a drawn-on moustache. What is cinema for? Who is it for? If the Mosaic prohibition on making graven images includes film images, then where does that leave a Jewish filmmaker?

Credits

Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman Cast

Name Character
Aurore Clément She was 39, now 78 years old as Herself
Chantal Akerman She was 34, 65 years old when she died as Herself

Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman Crew

Name Department
Chantal Akerman as Director. She was 34 (65) years old when She died Directing
Claude Ventura as Producer. He was 46 (now 85) years old Production
Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman poster
Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman (39 years)

  • Release day: Monday, November 19, 1984
  • Runtime: 8 minutes