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Director:
Chantal Akerman
Writer:
Chantal Akerman (writer)
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Release Date:
27 December 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend. full summary | add synopsis
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Painfully Naked Honesty in Examination of Identity and Sexuality more

Cast

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Chantal Akerman ... Julie
Niels Arestrup ... Truck-driver
Claire Wauthion ... Girlfriend
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
I, You, She, He
Ik, jij, hij, zij (Belgium: Flemish title)
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Runtime:
Spain:90 min | USA:90 min | Belgium:86 min
Country:
France | Belgium
Language:
French
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Paradise Films more

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Painfully Naked Honesty in Examination of Identity and Sexuality, 22 May 2005
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Author: jazzest (jazzest_jazzest@hotmail.com) from Chiba City, Japan

Some use film-making as a tool to reflect themselves and search their identities. With her first important feature, Je, tu, il, elle, Chantal Akerman relays this tradition, which has been established and inherited mostly by generations of female filmmakers, from Maya Deren to Rose Troche and Jennie Livingston. Like Deren, Akerman combines a traditional narrative and surrealistic ingredients, but Akerman's surrealism is more true-to-life than Deren's, as seen in a sugar-only diet of "Je" or a wrestling-like foreplay between "Je" and "Elle." Painfully naked honesty in these scenes shows how seriously Akerman is in need of examining her identity and sexuality.

(The surface of the film extremely resembles Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch, completed in 1983; the two films share the three-episode plot and the B/W medium shots by the fixed camera without panning/tilting/dollying. But this may be irrelevant for viewing this Akerman film.)

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