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News from Home(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-05-20
70%
85 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Write to me, it’s all I ask.
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
Belgium,
France,
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Paradise Films
Unité Trois
Movie: News from Home
Top 1 Billed Cast
Chantal Akerman
Narrator (voice)
Video Trailer News from Home
Video: AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME
AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME
News From Home (1977) - "Your Loving Mother"
All 2 videos
AFS PRESENTS: NEWS FROM HOME - Trailer
News From Home (1977) - "Your Loving Mother" - Clip
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