Chantal Akerman: Les Rendez-vous d'Anna

A quasi self-portrait that was unfairly neglected on its release, this road movie is a profound musing on loneliness, displacement and the long shadow of the war.

In one of Chantal Akerman’s most penetrating character studies, an accomplished filmmaker makes her way through a series of Western European cities to promote her newest release... passing through a succession of exquisitely shot brief encounters, meeting a succession of equally lost souls, which gradually reveal her emotional and physical detachment from the world.

This semi-autobiographical film was a major step forward for the itinerant Akerman, mirroring her own, often turbulent, wanderings.

This May, QFT celebrates one of cinema's mavericks with a season dedicated to filmmaker Chantal Akerman, the first female director to take the number one spot on Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time poll.

You may also like the following events from Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast:

• This Friday, 16th May, 06:20 pm, Chantal Akerman: Golden Eighties in Belfast
• This Sunday, 18th May, 03:00 pm, Gama Bomb - Survival of the Fastest in Belfast
• Next Tuesday, 20th May, 06:40 pm, Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo - Love and Death in Belfast

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