DelphineSeyrig &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:DelphineSeyrig @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:56:09 +0200 Mr. Freedom (William Klein, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qbk9 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Mr. Freedom (William Klein, 1968)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" freebie: liberty/div div class="img" Mr. Freedom (1968)/div div class="caption" Mr. Freedom (John Abbey) in his American football outfit carries Marie-Madeleine (Delphine Seyrig) is his muscular manly arms. Tagline: OH! OHHH! MR. FREEDOM! YOU KILL ME. DP: Pierre Lhomme./div div class="txt" Freebie: "Give me liberty or give me death!" (Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775). "F-R-double-E-D, D-O-M spells Freedom! We fight for freedom, for one and for all! It's you-and-me-dom, and ten foot tall! Freedom, freedom, and oh-can-you-see-dom, we'll always beat 'em with star-spangled freedom!" ### – Mr. Freedom singing his theme song /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #liberty #WilliamKlein #DelphineSeyrig #JohnAbbey #DonaldPleasence #JeanClaudeDrouot #SergeGainsbourg #Rufus #RitaMaiden #YvesMontand #SimoneSignoret #PierreLhomme #satire #comedy #politics #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Mr. Freedom (William Klein, 1968)

Mar

23

freebie: liberty

Mr. Freedom (1968)

Mr. Freedom (John Abbey) in his American football outfit carries Marie-Madeleine (Delphine Seyrig) is his muscular manly arms. Tagline: OH! OHHH! MR. FREEDOM! YOU KILL ME. DP: Pierre Lhomme.

Freebie: “Give me liberty or give me death!” (Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775).

“F-R-double-E-D, D-O-M spells Freedom! We fight for freedom, for one and for all! It's you-and-me-dom, and ten foot tall! Freedom, freedom, and oh-can-you-see-dom, we'll always beat 'em with star-spangled freedom!”

– Mr. Freedom singing his theme song

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #liberty #WilliamKlein #DelphineSeyrig #JohnAbbey #DonaldPleasence #JeanClaudeDrouot #SergeGainsbourg #Rufus #RitaMaiden #YvesMontand #SimoneSignoret #PierreLhomme #satire #comedy #politics #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qbk9 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie [The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie]... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ydfn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie [The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie] (Luis Buñuel, 1972)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="occasion" No One Eats Alone Day/div div class="img" Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)/div div class="caption" The diners at a long table. DP: Edmond Richard./div div class="txt" People eat dinner together on No One Eats Alone Day "My God. What am I doing in this place?" ### – Henri Sénéchal The bourgeoisie meet for dinner in various settings, but never consume. &nbsp; this event takes place on the Friday of the second full week in February, which makes the 2025 date February 14./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #NoOneEatsAloneDay #LuisBuñuel #FernandoRey #PaulFrankeur #DelphineSeyrig #BulleOgier #StéphaneAudran #JeanPierreCassel #JulienBertheau #MilenaVukotić #MichelPiccoli #EdmondRichard #food #dinner #drama #surrealism #satire #France #Italy #Spain #1970s/div /section ]]>

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie [The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie] (Luis Buñuel, 1972)

Feb

16

No One Eats Alone Day

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)

The diners at a long table. DP: Edmond Richard.

People eat dinner together on No One Eats Alone Day*

“My God. What am I doing in this place?”

– Henri Sénéchal

The bourgeoisie meet for dinner in various settings, but never consume.

 

* this event takes place on the Friday of the second full week in February, which makes the 2025 date February 14.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NoOneEatsAloneDay #LuisBuñuel #FernandoRey #PaulFrankeur #DelphineSeyrig #BulleOgier #StéphaneAudran #JeanPierreCassel #JulienBertheau #MilenaVukotić #MichelPiccoli #EdmondRichard #food #dinner #drama #surrealism #satire #France #Italy #Spain #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ydfn Sun, 16 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-1975 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" National Potato Day/div div class="img" Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)/div div class="caption" Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) eternally peeling potatoes for dinner in this gif from Fondation Chantal Akerman. DP: Babette Mangolte./div div class="txt" Jeanne Dielman routinely prepares meals, cleans the house, mothers her teenage son, and entertains men. Then something breaks and her carefully nurtured practices slowly unravel. "I could have made mashed potatoes, but we're having that tomorrow." ### – Jeanne Dielman\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalPotatoDay #ChantalAkerman #DelphineSeyrig #JanDecorte #HenriStorck #JacquesDoniolValcroze #YvesBical #BabetteMangolte #potatoes #food #SlowCinema #drama #Belgium #France #1970s/div /section ]]>

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

Aug

19

National Potato Day

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) eternally peeling potatoes for dinner in this gif from Fondation Chantal Akerman. DP: Babette Mangolte.

Jeanne Dielman routinely prepares meals, cleans the house, mothers her teenage son, and entertains men. Then something breaks and her carefully nurtured practices slowly unravel.

“I could have made mashed potatoes, but we're having that tomorrow.”

– Jeanne Dielman

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalPotatoDay #ChantalAkerman #DelphineSeyrig #JanDecorte #HenriStorck #JacquesDoniolValcroze #YvesBical #BabetteMangolte #potatoes #food #SlowCinema #drama #Belgium #France #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-1975 Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:40:44 +0200 Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/limmortelle-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" Car Insurance Day /div div class="img" Accident (1967)/div div class="caption" Anna (Jacqueline Sassard) on the backseat of a car, her head tilted back. DP: Gerry Fisher./div div class="txt" A car accident. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #CarInsuranceDay #JosephLosey #NicholasMosley #HaroldPinter #DirkBogarde #StanleyBaker #JacquelineSassard #MichaelYork #VivienMerchant #DelphineSeyrig #JohnDankworth #GerryFisher #drama #romance #thriller #CarCrash #BookAdaptation #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967)

Feb

1

Car Insurance Day

Accident (1967)

Anna (Jacqueline Sassard) on the backseat of a car, her head tilted back. DP: Gerry Fisher.

A car accident.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #CarInsuranceDay #JosephLosey #NicholasMosley #HaroldPinter #DirkBogarde #StanleyBaker #JacquelineSassard #MichaelYork #VivienMerchant #DelphineSeyrig #JohnDankworth #GerryFisher #drama #romance #thriller #CarCrash #BookAdaptation #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

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