News from Home

1976 · directed by Chantal Akerman

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.

News from Home (1976), directed by Chantal Akerman, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Chantal Akerman

Crew

• Babette Mangolte — Director of Photography
• Jim Asbell — Director of Photography
• Francine Sandberg — Editor
• Chantal Akerman — Writer

More from Chantal Akerman

1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976) — 82/100 · hit
2. Je Tu Il Elle (1974) — 80/100 · hit
3. The Meetings of Anna (1978) — 71/100
4. The Captive (2000) — 67/100
5. Blow Up My Town (1968) — 63/100 · short, not counted

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