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Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig), the widowed mother of a teenage son, Sylvain (Jan Decorte), ekes out a drab, repetitive existence in her tiny Brussels apartment. Jeanne's days are divided between humdrum domestic chores -- shopping, cooking, housework -- and her job as an occasional prostitute, which keeps her financially afloat. She seems perfectly resigned to her situation until a series of slight interruptions in her routine leads to unexpected and dramatic changes.
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Critics Consensus

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles offers a lingering, unvarnished, and ultimately mesmerizing look at one woman's existence.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Feb 5, 2025
5/5
The silence of Jeanne Dielman is the film’s weather and its atmosphere. It is a silence of terrible loneliness, and a silence in which a storm is gathering. Go to Full Review Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader Dec 27, 2022
It also demands to be seen on the big screen, where the walls and ceiling of the cinema become the confines of Dielman’s domiciliary rituals... Go to Full Review Nick Schager The Daily Beast Dec 13, 2022
A portrait of female marginalization, subjugation, and suffering that’s as strikingly empathetic and relevant today as it was in 1975. Go to Full Review Joe Flockhart Loud and Clear Reviews Mar 2, 2026
4.5/5
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by a 24-year-old Chantal Akerman, is a masterpiece of minutiae, motherhood and misery. Go to Full Review Clotilde Chinnici The People's Movies Aug 7, 2025
4/5
What happens when women dare rebel against the oppressive social hierarchy? Akerman seems to direct this question to the audience in the second half of the film. Go to Full Review Katie Smith-Wong Flick Feast Jan 19, 2025
3/5
Jeanne Dielman serves a stylish ode to the life of a modern woman...its impact lingers due to Seyrig’s controlled performance and the intricacy of the minute details that turn the ordinary into something compelling. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Frieda Jun 15, 2026 This film requires a lot of effort, but it is worth it! See more Huntin P @PaxVobiscum80 Sep 18, 2026 This catatonically boring film, ranked The Great Film Of All Time by Sight & Sound magazine in its deranged decennary poll of 2022, did do one good thing for me: it introduced me to the wonderful Moviewise channel on Youtube. Check out Moviewise's analysis of Jeanne Dielman for an intelligent takedown of this deadly dull 200 minute movie that, prior to 2022, hardly anyone had ever heard of. When you watch Chantal Ackerman's epically tedious story of a widow doing domestic chores in real time, the most immediate thing to note, other than your life slipping away, is the clear influence of Japanese legend Ozu. I used to think Ozu's films were tiresome, but that was before Ackerman. Compared to her, Ozu's are fountains of vivacity and emotion. As Moviewise points out, there is enough in Jeanne Dielman for an interesting short film, but certainly not enough to justify an audience's attention over 200 minutes. The people who nominated this movie to Sight & Sound? Masochistic manipulators. See more Patrick S @PatrickStruik Dec 13, 2025 Akerman masterpiece. See more Leonardo M @leosblinds Dec 2, 2025 Watch this movie if you need to go to bed early. You'll fall asleep by the first 30 minutes. Guaranteed. See more Matthew M @RT61846632 Sep 28, 2025 There is a reason this is considered the greatest movie ever made. It is a brutally hard watch because of how real it feels. A lot of people don’t seem to have the capacity for empathy during the gruelling long and boring scenes of housework that reflect how women were and are isolated and oppressed, and they’d best stick to some trash with Nick Cage. See more Marcos David C @Cukierkorn Sep 23, 2025 This film could have been made in half the time. Very boring. It's not even on my list of favorite movies with Delphine Syerig See more Read all reviews
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Chantal Akerman

Director

Delphine Seyrig

Jeanne Dielman

Jan Decorte

Sylvain Dielman

Henri Storck

1st Caller

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

2nd Caller

Yves Bical

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Synopsis Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig), the widowed mother of a teenage son, Sylvain (Jan Decorte), ekes out a drab, repetitive existence in her tiny Brussels apartment. Jeanne's days are divided between humdrum domestic chores -- shopping, cooking, housework -- and her job as an occasional prostitute, which keeps her financially afloat. She seems perfectly resigned to her situation until a series of slight interruptions in her routine leads to unexpected and dramatic changes.
Director
Chantal Akerman
Producer
Corinne Jenart, Evelyn Paul, Guy Cavagnac, Alain Dahan, Liliane de Kermadec, Paul Vecchiali
Screenwriter
Chantal Akerman
Production Co
Paradise Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
May 9, 2017
Runtime
3h 21m
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