babettemangolte &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:babettemangolte @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:20:46 +0200 News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1976) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-vbmq <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1976)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" Pony Express Day/div div class="img" News from Home (1976)/div div class="caption" New York, a street scene. Superimposed a quote from one Chantal Akerman's mother's letters. DPs: Jim Asbell & Babette Mangolte./div div class="txt" Mail or a mail carrier for Pony Express Day (USA). "Dear child, &nbsp; l received your letter and hope you will write often. l hope you won’t stay away too long and that you’ve found a job by now. If you’re doing well, we’re happy. Even though we do miss you. When will you be back? Everything is fine here, but Sylviane is home with the flu. My blood pressure is low. l’m on medication for it. Today is my birthday. l feel sad. lt’s quiet at the shop. Tonight we’re going out to dinner with friends. That’s all. Your birthday is coming up. l wish you all the best. Write to me soon about your work, about New York, about everything. Lots of love from the three of us. ### Your loving mother" (quote via) Chantal Akerman reads out letters that her mother wrote to the former's stay in New York City between 1971 and 1973. The words slowly blend with the city./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #PonyExpressDay #ChantalAkerman #JimAsbell #BabetteMangolte #documentary #SlowCinema #NewYork #Belgium #France #WestGermany #1970s/div /section ]]>

News from Home (Chantal Akerman, 1976)

Apr

3

Pony Express Day

News from Home (1976)

New York, a street scene. Superimposed a quote from one Chantal Akerman's mother's letters. DPs: Jim Asbell & Babette Mangolte.

Mail or a mail carrier for Pony Express Day (USA).

“Dear child,   l received your letter and hope you will write often. l hope you won’t stay away too long and that you’ve found a job by now. If you’re doing well, we’re happy. Even though we do miss you. When will you be back? Everything is fine here, but Sylviane is home with the flu. My blood pressure is low. l’m on medication for it. Today is my birthday. l feel sad. lt’s quiet at the shop. Tonight we’re going out to dinner with friends. That’s all. Your birthday is coming up. l wish you all the best. Write to me soon about your work, about New York, about everything. Lots of love from the three of us.

Your loving mother” (quote via)

Chantal Akerman reads out letters that her mother wrote to the former's stay in New York City between 1971 and 1973. The words slowly blend with the city.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #PonyExpressDay #ChantalAkerman #JimAsbell #BabetteMangolte #documentary #SlowCinema #NewYork #Belgium #France #WestGermany #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-vbmq Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 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

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