News from Home
News from Home
Documentary

News from Home

1977
89 min
7.0
70.0%
User Score
(85 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Chantal Akerman

STARRING

Chantal Akerman

Videos & Trailers

News From Home (1977) - "Your Loving Mother"
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News From Home (1977) - "Your Loving Mother"

AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME
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AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME

Cast

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Narrator (voice)

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