Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman (Lettre d'une cinéaste : Chantal Akerman) 40 years old

A filmmaker’s self-portrait, asking hard questions of herself and of us. Invoking Aurore Clément as a kind of stand-in or proxy, a glamorous counterpart to Akerman who sports a drawn-on moustache. What is cinema for? Who is it for? If the Mosaic prohibition on making graven images includes film images, then where does that leave a Jewish filmmaker?

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Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman Cast

Name	Character
Aurore Clément She was 39, now 79 years old	as Herself
Chantal Akerman She was 34, 65 years old when she died	as Herself

Letter from a Filmmmaker: Chantal Akerman Crew

Name	Department
Chantal Akerman as Director. She was 34 (65) years old when She died	Directing
Claude Ventura as Producer. He was 46 (now 86) years old	Production