Demain on déménage

Tomorrow We Move

One of Akerman’s most autobiographical films with many of her perennial themes but in a genre she’s not often associated with: comedy.

  • Director

    Chantal Akerman

  • With

    Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Lucas Belvaux

  • Belgium-France 2004. 110min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • English subtitles

This playful comedy about a writer finding inspiration in the everyday and who has a close, bordering-on-suffocating, relationship with her mother, is one of Akerman’s lesser-known delights. It’s also one of her most autobiographical fictions. Reviewers often dismissed Akerman as a comic, but what’s not to admire in her absurd sense of humour and ability to shift tonal gears, not to mention her ever-surprising screwball-esque scenarios?

Restored in 4K by Royal Film Archive of Belgium (CINEMATEK) and Fondation Chantal Akerman in collaboration with The Bureau Sales.

+ Portrait d’une paresseuse aka La Paresse Sloth

Germany 1986. Director Chantal Akerman. 8min. Digital. English subtitles. Episode from Seven Women, Seven Sins (Sept femmes, sept péchés)

A portrait of the artist as a procrastinator who decrees ‘In order to make cinema, one must get out of bed’ while making a film sat in bed.

Total running time 118min.