No Home Movie

Name: No Home Movie
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 1, 2016
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 81

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Icarus Films | Release Date: April 1, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Chantal Akerman films her mother, an old woman of Polish origin who is short lifetime, in her apartment in Brussels. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and sharing memories, sometimes accompanied by Sylvaine, Chantal's sister. Also, and to show how small the world has become, Chantal remains in contact with her mother atChantal Akerman films her mother, an old woman of Polish origin who is short lifetime, in her apartment in Brussels. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and sharing memories, sometimes accompanied by Sylvaine, Chantal's sister. Also, and to show how small the world has become, Chantal remains in contact with her mother at other times of the year via Skype from lands as far away from Belgium as Oklahoma or New York.… Expand

Director: Chantal Akerman

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Peter Keough

May 19, 2016

The rest of the film consists mostly of Akerman talking with her mother, blithely and lovingly, about everyday ephemera and about the past (Natalia was a survivor of Auschwitz), both via Skype and at her mother’s genteel home in Brussels. Read full review

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Sheri Linden

Apr 24, 2016

With its focus on domestic interiors (and interior lives), the movie doesn't simply recall Akerman's past efforts; it reveals their roots. Read full review

The Film Stage Ethan Vestby

May 17, 2016

Removed from anything resembling ostentatious formalism, it fits into what’s typically referred to by cinephiles as a “late master” period, in which the auteur has dropped all pretenses and adapted a full-on laid-back, emotionally direct directorial hand. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Jan 4, 2016

By refusing to finitely define Natalia, or reduce her life to a series of biographical details, Akerman elides eulogizing of any sort, dignifying Natalia without personifying her as an idea made flesh. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jan 4, 2016

In its own highbrow way, the formally demanding and impossibly intimate video essay serves as an elegy to that sense of home that disappeared with the woman who, as far as the film is concerned, seems forever confined to her own bourgeois apartment. Read full review

Ben Nicholson

Jan 4, 2016

It's impossible not to be sucked into, but it's equally impossible not to imagine how much more significant No Home Movie might have been. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Mar 29, 2016

Though No Home Movie is a very personal work by someone who was always a deeply personal artist, it’s hard to tune into. It contains a lot of Akerman, but very little of her art, and that seems intentional. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

Jun 8, 2016

No Home Movie represents some of the finest footage in movie history. Might be worth buying a rental if you want to see how great this film is... but I highly suggest you don't buy the DVD/Blu-ray unless you're insanely crazy to do so.

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pijgogo

Aug 20, 2020

A difficult movie to watch, not just because of the deliberate in-the-moment plodding pace, but mainly because of the weight of the subject matter and relationships. The documentary is all so real with many sentimental moments and scenes of them eating meals. It is a home movie, but itA difficult movie to watch, not just because of the deliberate in-the-moment plodding pace, but mainly because of the weight of the subject matter and relationships. The documentary is all so real with many sentimental moments and scenes of them eating meals. It is a home movie, but it also is more than a home movie.… Expand

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