Les rendez-vous d'Anna

Director: Chantal Akerman

1978 / 127min / DCP

Akerman’s third film produced through Liliane de Kermadec and Paul Vecchiali’s Unité 3 production company was this transfixing—and, one suspects, quite personal—study of alienation and emotional withdrawal, in which a well-known Belgian director (Aurore Clément), traveling the increasingly homogenized cities of Western Europe to promote her latest movie, eavesdrops on conversations and passes through a series of brief encounters with acquaintances old and new, including a one-night stand with Helmut Griem, a reconnection with ex-lover Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a stiff reception from aloof mother Lea Massari. “Has a crisp, simple elegance at times, as the camera studies a hotel room or a train station with a patience like Anna’s own… Mysteriously playful.” —The New York Times

Distributor: Janus Films

Part of Liliane de Kermadec: The Price of Freedom