Akerman’s ambiguous triptych was based on her experiences hitchhiking from Paris to Brussels. A woman (played by the filmmaker) holes up in a room, obsessively eating sugar and rearranging furniture. Then we follow her hunt for love and connection – first with a truck driver, then an ex-lover. With its uninterrupted erotic-free ten-minute lesbian sex scene, this is one of the most radical and assured sequences in any feature debut from the 1970s.

Screening as part of 5 by Akerman

Director Chantal Akerman
Year 1974
Duration 1h 26m
Language French with English Subtitles
Cast Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion