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

Directed by Chantal Akerman

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Delphine Seyrig as Jeanne Dielman • Jan Decorte as Sylvain Dielman • Henri Storck as 1st Caller • Jacques Doniol-Valcroze as 2nd Caller • Yves Bical as 3rd Caller

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, 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...................

Certified Kino • Belgium • France • Drama

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1. Written and Directed by

2. Hello.

3. See you next week, then.

4. No reading at the table.

5. Is it good?

6. I added less water than last week. Maybe that's why it's better.

7. You hardly eat. You don't look well, you know.

8. Want something else? Some fruit?

9. We got a letter from Aunt Fernanda in Canada.

10. I'll read it to you.

11. "Dear Jeanne and Sylvain,

12. I'm sorry I've taken so long to write back.

13. I often think of you and Belgium.

14. But I've been so busy with the kids starting back to school,

15. and suddenly I realized winter's here.

16. It's been snowing a lot, and I hardly get out.

17. The roads were so bad that the kids couldn't go to school last Friday,

18. and I'm at home most of the time,

19. because without a car, you get bogged down.

20. Jack says he'll teach me to drive next year.

21. The distances are simply too huge here.

22. He says I'm in Canada now and I should act like the locals.

23. The women here all drive, but I'm afraid I'll never learn.

24. But now all the cars are completely covered by snow.

25. The children are fine, big and strong.

26. Real Canadians, just like Jack.

27. I fear Jane may get too tall, but anyway, she's fine.

28. I hope you'll come see them this summer.

29. We have a large guest room, and Sylvain can sleep with his cousin.

30. Maybe we can introduce you to someone.

31. Jack says you should remarry,

32. that a good-looking woman shouldn't be alone.

33. George has been dead six years now.

34. We know you're very brave and you say you'd rather stay single

35. so as not to complain.

36. But sometimes when I think of you, tears come to my eyes.

37. Well, Jack will be home soon and the table's not set yet,

38. so I'll say good-bye, with a hug for you both.

39. Your loving sister and aunt, Fernande.

40. I sent a birthday present for Jeanne last month by boat."

41. I wonder what that present could be.

42. Would you like to go to Canada?

43. "The Enemy," by Charles Baudelaire.

44. "My youth was but a gloomy storm

45. With occasional flashes of dazzling sun

46. Thunder and rain have created such havoc

47. That in my garden few buds remain

48. Now I've reached the autumn of my thoughts

49. And I have to use... "

50. The spade.

51. "And I have to use the spade and rake

52. To reclaim a bit of the flooded land

53. Where water burrows pits like open graves."

54. Once more.

55. "The Enemy," by Charles Baudelaire.

56. "My youth was but a gloomy storm

57. With occasional flashes of dazzling suns

58. Thunder and rain have created such havoc

59. That in my garden few buds remain

60. Now I've reached the autumn of my thoughts

61. And I have to use the spade and rake

62. To reclaim a bit of the flooded land

63. Where water burrows pits like open graves."

64. You're picking up the accent more and more.

65. I know. I can even pronounce the Rs like Yan,

66. and no one laughs at me at school anymore.

67. Perhaps...

68. but nobody forced you to go to the Flemish school.

69. Yes, I know - your friend.

70. I wonder if you can still say your Rs like me.

71. And now, the Bagatelle for Piano No. 27,

72. Opus 126 in A Minor, by Beethoven,

73. "Für Elise," played by Suzanne Duchêne.

74. Come have a look.

75. You want it long, don't you?

76. I'm almost out of yarn.

77. - This is Tuesday, isn't it? - Yes.

78. You're always reading, just like your father.

79. I know. You already told me.

80. How did you meet my father?

81. Why do you ask that now?

82. I just read the word "miracle,"

83. and Aunt Fernanda always said it was a miracle she met Jack.

84. Yes, he came in '44 to liberate us.

85. They tossed chewing gum and chocolates to us,

86. and we threw flowers to them.

87. I met your father after the Americans had left.

88. I was living with my aunts, because my parents were dead.

89. One Saturday, I went to the Bois de la Cambre with a girlfriend.

90. I don't remember the weather.

91. She knew him. You know who I mean. I've shown you her picture.

92. So we began seeing each other.

93. I was working as a billing clerk for horrible pay.

94. Life with my aunts was dull. I didn't feel like getting married,

95. but it seemed to be "the thing to do," as they say.

96. My aunts kept saying, "He's nice. He has money.

97. He'll make you happy."

98. But I still couldn't decide.

99. But I really wanted a life of my own, and a child.

100. Then his business suddenly hit the rocks, so I married him.

101. Things like that happened after the war.

102. My aunts had changed their minds.

103. They said a pretty girl like me could do better

104. and find a man who'd give me a good life.

105. They said he was ugly and so on, but I didn't listen.

106. If he was ugly, did you want to make love with him?

107. Ugly or not, it wasn't all that important.

108. Besides, "making love," as you call it, is merely a detail.

109. And I had you. And he wasn't as ugly as all that.

110. Would you want to remarry?

111. No. Get used to someone else?

112. I mean someone you love.

113. Oh, you know

114. Well, if I were a woman,

115. I could never make love with someone I wasn't deeply in love with.

116. How could you know? You're not a woman.

117. Lights out?

118. All right.

119. Sleep well.

120. End of the first day

121. Did you wash your hands?

122. Couldn't I have a little more today?

123. Thank you, ma'am.

124. How are you, ma'am?

125. Fine, thanks. Could you fix these by tomorrow?

126. My son's wearing his other pair,

127. but his feet get soaked when it rains.

128. They're last year's shoes.

129. I'll have a look.

130. And the heels too, while I'm at it.

131. All right. How's tomorrow at 4:00?

132. Fine.

133. - How's your boy doing? - Just fine.

134. You're happy with him? He listens to you?

135. Good.

136. What would I do without him?

137. They'll be ready tomorrow at 4:00.

138. Hello. It's been a long time.

139. Stop by for coffee this afternoon.

140. I can't today. Maybe next week.

141. All right. See you then.

142. Hello.

143. Here he is.

144. You weren't eating, were you?

145. What are you making for dinner?

146. Wednesdays it's breaded veal with peas and carrots.

147. I had no idea what to make today.

148. Myself, I'd be fine with just bread and butter.

149. I don't have much appetite ever since I started smoking.

150. But the children need meat, so I went to the butcher's.

151. There was a long line.

152. I always think I should go earlier or later to avoid the line,

153. but this time, I thought...

154. "I'll listen to what other women order. I might get some ideas."

155. But I got even more discouraged.

156. One ordered ground meat.

157. I thought, 'Probably for meat loaf,

158. but I just served that yesterday with apple sauce.

159. Then I though: "No, she 'll make hash."

160. But hash again...

161. When my turn came, I still hadn't decided.

162. 80 I ordered the same thing as the woman in front of me

163. and wound up paying 300 francs for two pounds of veal.

164. It's a good two days' worth, and none of us really like veal.

165. So the kids turn up their noses once again.

166. People say veal has no vitamins.

167. And you can't eat fish these days - it can kill you.

168. If only they didn't come home for lunch every day,

169. but my husband says the food at school isn't good,

170. and they're small for their age as it is.

171. I tell you, if it were up to just me...

172. But he'll be gone all next week.

173. I'll miss him, you know?

174. I'll stay at my mother's,

175. so they'll have to get used to eating with the other kids.

176. It's better that way.

177. My husband can't object.

178. Does your son eat lunch at school?

179. Yes, he always has. He's not fussy.

180. My husband wasn't either.

181. Oh, mine isn't either. It's all those kids.

182. But what can you do, you know?

183. At least there are ways these days.

184. Well, I've gotta go.

185. Bye.

186. Excuse me.

187. I'd like a ball of yarn this color.

188. I think I saw some over there.

189. - This color? - Yes.

190. Yes, that's it.

191. Good-bye, ma'am.

192. Hello.

193. See you next Thursday.

194. A bag of potatoes, please.

195. Here you are.

196. Thank you.

197. Mother?

198. Your hair's a mess.

199. I let the potatoes cook too long.

200. No reading at the table.

201. We'll have to wait a bit.

202. The meat and vegetables were on a very low flame.

203. Just another minute or two.

204. I could have made mashed potatoes, but we're having that tomorrow.

205. You must be hungry. You had swimming this morning.

206. I didn't go. Neither did Yan.

207. Why?

208. Yan skipped it just to keep me company.

209. I said I had a headache, and we stayed in the nurse's office.

210. We had to pass our certification today.

211. I don't like you doing that.

212. I should write back to Aunt Fernande.

213. The potatoes should be done now.

214. Aren't we going to listen to the radio tonight?

215. Yes.

216. Is something wrong? The radio, perhaps?

217. Yes, it could be that singer.

218. No, I just don't know how to reply to their invitation.

219. Can we not go tonight? We ate so late.

220. We're going.

221. Come home early tomorrow if you like, and bring Yan along for a snack.

222. I think Yan's in love with the nurse.

223. He didn't catch the streetcar. Said he had things to do.

224. But when I passed by later, he hadn't left.

225. He bought a book that explains lots of things

226. about climaxes and orgasms.

227. He says we should be interested in women at our age,

228. but he doesn't want some young girl.

229. He says a man's penis is like a sword.

230. The deeper you thrust it in, the better.

231. But I thought, "A sword hurts."

232. He said, "True, but it's like fire."

233. But then where's the pleasure?

234. There's no point talking about these things.

235. He's the one who told me everything when I was 10.

236. I said, "What? Dad does that to Mom?"

237. I hated Dad for months after that, and I wanted to die.

238. When he died, I thought it was punishment from God.

239. Now I don't even believe in God anymore.

240. Yan also said it wasn't just to make babies.

241. So I started having nightmares so you'd stay with me at night

242. and Dad wouldn't have a chance to thrust inside you.

243. You shouldn't have worried.

244. It's late. I'm turning out the light.

245. All right.

246. Morn?

247. It's late, Sylvain. Sleep well.

248. End of the second day

249. Did you wash your hands?

250. Your button.

251. Sylvain!

252. - All sold out? - Is it empty?

253. A small loaf, ma'am?

254. Do you have a bag?

255. You have a bag?

256. Give me a new one.

257. That's 10 francs 50.

258. Thanks.

259. Good-bye.

260. What a beautiful little boy!

261. What's this all about?

262. Thanks. Good-bye.

263. Oh, miss?

264. Yes, ma'am.

265. Would you happen to have a button like this?

266. We looked, but I couldn't find any.

267. - Maybe these? - No, they're a bit too small.

268. Good-bye.

269. I know it's hard to match it perfectly,

270. because my sister Fernanda sent it from Canada.

271. She sent it years ago, but Sylvain's only wearing it now

272. because it was too large.

273. When Sylvain was six,

274. my sister came back to Belgium for three months.

275. He slept in our room - my husband was still alive.

276. And Fernande slept on the couch with Jonathan - "Jon" for short.

277. Jon was five, but he was taller and stouter than Sylvain.

278. So if I write her for one,

279. it's quite possible that this style no longer exists.

280. Since people always say Europe is five years behind America,

281. I thought I might find one.

282. It's practically impossible to find the same thing.

283. Better just to change all the buttons.

284. It makes a garment look new.

285. Like going to the hairdresser's.

286. I've never seen buttons like that.

287. Try in the square. You might find some there.

288. Isn't Gisèle here today?

289. She gets off work at 4:00.

290. I see. Coffee, please.

291. Here you are.