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First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman's often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final film No Home Movie (2015). With a particular focus on the difficulties Akerman faced in conjunction with the end of her mother's life, the book combines a matter-of-fact writing style with family photographs and stills from her own films in order to better convey the totality of her experience. Akerman writes: "With pride because I believed at last in my ability to say something that I'd had trouble saying. I told myself, I am strong for once, I speak. I speak the truth."
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My Mother Laughs, Chantal Akerman
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2019
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- My Mother Laughs
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Chantal Akerman
- Verlag
- Silver Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2019
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 200
- ISBN10
- 0995716234
- ISBN13
- 9780995716230
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Autobiografien & Memoiren, LGBTQ+ Literatur, Filmthema, Film, Feminismus, Belgien
- Bewertung
- 4,3 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman's often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final film No Home Movie (2015). With a particular focus on the difficulties Akerman faced in conjunction with the end of her mother's life, the book combines a matter-of-fact writing style with family photographs and stills from her own films in order to better convey the totality of her experience. Akerman writes: "With pride because I believed at last in my ability to say something that I'd had trouble saying. I told myself, I am strong for once, I speak. I speak the truth."