Chantal Akerman’s deliberate and rigorous movies ... or I Play at Being a Married Woman” and also in black-and-white, Claire Wauthion blithely gabs to her gal-pal (Akerman) about life ...

A young mother, alone with her daughter, confides in a friend who happens to be the director herself. Chantal Akerman, although she sympathizes with the mother, does not say a word.

Chantal Akerman was a pioneering Belgian filmmaker whose work is considered a major influence on feminist and avant-garde ...