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News from Home
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Title: News from Home

Release Date: 20 May 1977

Runtime: 1h 29m

Genre: Documentary

Director: ZDF, Paradise Films, Unité Trois, INA

Production Companies: ZDF, Paradise Films, Unité Trois, INA

Overview: Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (68 votes)

Cast

  • Narrator (voice): Chantal Akerman
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