Still from Tell Me — Tell Me (1980) — Chantal AkermanPhotographed by Maurice Perrimond and Francis Lapeyre and Michel Davaud

Chantal Akerman

Tell Me

Name: Tell Me
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1980
Duration: 46 min

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French / 1980 / 46m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

Documentary TV Movie

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Synopsis

Chantal Akerman meets with elderly Jewish women in Paris, all of them survivors of the Shoah, and listens to their family stories. Between interviews, Akerman's mother Natalia speaks of her own family. Made for a French miniseries on grandmothers.

Credits

Crew

DirectorChantal Akerman

CinematographerMaurice Perrimond, Francis Lapeyre, Michel Davaud

Editor

Francine Sandberg

Cast

Chantal Akermanas Self

Natalia Akermanas Self (voice)

Double Feature

Streaming now, and why it pairs with this film

Je tu il elle1975

Both directed by Chantal Akerman, and both starring Chantal Akerman

Or

News from Home1976Both directed by Chantal Akerman, and both starring Chantal Akerman
Saute ma ville1968Both directed by Chantal Akerman, and both starring Chantal Akerman