Name: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Director: Chantal Akerman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975
Duration: 3 h 21 min
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Drama • 3h 21m

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.

Director: Chantal Akerman

Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical, Chantal Akerman

Best English-Friendly Release

2025 BFI Blu-ray

Best Video Release

2025 BFI Blu-ray > Criterion Blu-ray, a lot better encoding. See caps https://slow.pics/c/DW2jtYxN Criterion seemed to did some additional adjustment to the original grading

Both France Capricci and Japan Blu-ray are worse than Criterion and BFI.

Best Audio Release

Criterion Blu-ray largely sounds better, but attentuates away some low-frequency ambient noises. BFI Blu-ray has hum, dropouts, pops, noticable patching and beeping.

Format

1080p Blu-ray

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