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Overview

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Delphine Seyrig

    Jeanne Dielman

  2. Cast 1

    Jan Decorte

    Sylvain Dielman

  3. Cast 1

    Henri Storck

    1st Caller

  4. Cast 1

    Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

    2nd Caller

  5. Yves Bical

    3rd Caller

  6. Cast 1

    Chantal Akerman

    Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)

Yes, it's 3 hours, but we have to forgive that it's from an era before MTV and the resulting cultural ADD. If I didn't know better, I'd think this was the inspiration for Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010). Well, actually, I don't know better. Maybe it was. The premise is similar. Here we become the spectator of one woman's descent into madness. It's kind of riveting in a ghoulish sort or way.