1971

Dimanche was intended as a didactic film in which “the problem of leisure” would be addressed. “I was summoned to the Cinéma de l'Éducation Nationale and the director said to me, ‘We would like you to make a film about the problem of leisure.’ Internally, I burst out laughing. What is free time? Joe average who doesn’t know what to do on Sunday? (...) I did not know what free time meant. No more than vacation. One is always on vacation anyway. Unless you’re a lawyer, but then you brought it on yourself, dammit,” Edmond Bernhard said back in the days.

Chantal Akerman is omnipresent in Brussels this spring with a retrospective at Bozar and her entire oeuvre on display at CINEMATEK. The short film is an intimate portrait of a young woman who, during her day-to-day routines, reflects on her family, sex life, and body.

A child's voice recites Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky while various objects, such as toys and dolls, fall apart and depict some of the scenes.

African migrants in Paris talk about everyday life and racism on the labour and housing markets.