Chantal Akerman’s first narrative feature is a strikingly vulnerable exploration of the search for connection. Akerman plays a young woman who, following a self-imposed exile, ventures out into the world, and has two very different experiences of intimacy

Preceded by L’Enfant aimé, ou Je joue à être une femme mariée

One of Chantal Akerman’s most rarely seen works L’Enfant aimé, ou Je joue à être une femme mariée is an intimate portrait of a young mother whose daily routines are intercut with her stream-of-consciousness musings on her family, sex life, and body.