Women from Antwerp in November (2008)

Femmes dAnvers en novembre is a dual projection piece rich in atmosphere and charm filled with references to early French and American film noir a deliberate homage shot in closeup and medium closeup to the smoking woman The focus on the everyday activities of women the core trope of Akermans masterpiece Jeanne Dielman is a recurring theme in much of her work Femmes dAnvers signals a return to this motif In it Akerman tackles the thorny question of a persons fundamental freedom to choose what to do with his or her body