Chantal Akerman's Les Rendez-Vous d’Anna The Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art will screen Chantal Akerman’s 1978 feature film, Les rendez-vous d’Anna (The Meetings of Anna), on the occasion of “To Save and Project: The 15th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation”, which runs from January 18th until February 1st, 2018. In Chantal Akerman’s fourth feature, a Belgian filmmaker (Aurore Clément) on a promotional tour through a featureless northern Europe fluctuates between intimacy and disengagement with a series of figures, including a one-night stand (Helmut Griem), a former lover (Jean-Pierre Cassel), and her distant mother (Lea Massari). Digitally restored by the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique. Courtesy of Janus Films.
Selected screenings: Monday, January 22, 4:30 p.m. and Thursday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. Introduced by Nicola Mazzanti, Director, Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique