News from Home (1977)
05/20/1977 (BE) • 1h 29m
Documentary
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.
Top Billed Cast
Chantal Akerman
Narrator (voice)
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