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Leading Ladies in European Film Series - The Captive

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https://historia.europa.eu/en/exhibitions-and-events/events/leading-ladies-european-film-series-captive
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Thematic focus

  • Cultural History
  • Gender History
  • Museums, Memorials and Exhibitions
  • Media and Public Discourse
  • Digital Media in History Education
  • Czech Republic
  • Europe
  • Belgium
  • Western Europe
  • 1945-2000
  • 20th Century

Language

English

Country

Belgium

Address

House of European History, Rue Belliard / Belliardstraat 135, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Date

20 March 2024

Time

18:15 - 21:00

(GMT+01:00) Brussels

Description

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2024, the House of European History proudly presents three extraordinary and very different European films, written and directed by three leading ladies in genuine European cinema. The Czech director Věra Chytilová (1929-2014), the Belgian director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) and the French director Céline Sciamma (1978), representing three generations of powerful and independent European filmmaking from the 1960s to today. Each film will be introduced in English by film historian and film curator Wouter Hessels (RITCS & INSAS) and followed by a brief discussion and Q&A. Registration in advance is mandatory, the event is free of charge. Register for the movie. “The Captive / La Captive” was inspired by “La Prisonnière” - the fifth and final volume of “À la recherche du temps perdu” by Marcel Proust. Chantal Akerman transforms this work of world literature into a mesmerising study of voyeurism, control and sexual obsession. Akerman was director of “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080”, which was recently voted ‘greatest film of all time’ according to Sight & Sound's poll of 1000 film critics. The film is centered on the relationship between a possessive young man Simon (Stanislas Merhar) and his lover Ariane (Sylvie Testud). With this abundant plot, full of hilariously absurd details and references to Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”, Akerman once again proves her talent for subjects like the destructiveness of love and the complex nature of sexuality.

Organiser

House of European History