With this magnificent epic of experimental cinema, Chantal Akerman offers a feminist perspective on the stifling and frustratingly recurrent aspects of everyday life. Dominated by a commanding performance from Delphine Seyrig (The Day of the Jackal), the film sparingly depicts a homemaker and part-time prostitute struggling to raise and provide for her teenage son. As her patient, highly choreographed routines become strained, a remarkable portrait emerges, one that displays the full force and intensity of domestic estrangement.

Ranked 1st in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll.

This screening will be introduced by QUAD CEO Eleanor Thornley.

Screening as part of QUAD Essentials, an eight-week season hosted by film historian Darrell Buxton. Each week will feature a classic film with an introduction and there will be a post-screening discussion.

Tickets: £12.50 (standard) and £10 (concessions)

Also screening as part of QUAD’s general film programme between Friday 28 February and Sunday 2 March. Tickets to those screenings can be booked at this page.