Chantal Akerman's Film, Jeanne Dielman

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In Chantal Akerman’s movie ‘Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’, a typical day for the protagonist involves many activities such as cooking, cleaning, being a babysitter, waking up his son, and many more. The movie plot happens in three days, in which Jeanne goes from being a typical housekeeper and mom, to be a murderer and a lonely person. It can be said that during those three days, the first was a normal or average day, the second is a shift, and the third and last day puts a lid on. Dielman daily routine starts very early in the morning with she making the bed and putting on warm clothes, she then goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth, clean her face, brush her hair while looking at herself in the mirror, and …show more content…

After she hands the baby back to her neighbor, she finishes the soup, and goes to sit in living room to knit. At around 2 o’clock she leaves the house to buy some bread for next day, also she goes to the outlets and buys some more wool. She gets back to her apartment at 4 o’clock, to get herself ready for her job. At 5 o’clock a random guy knocks at her door and they have sex. At 6 the guy leaves and Dielman fix herself and starts preparing dinner, by warming the soup and the rice, peels potatoes and cook them, and fry the meat. Sylvain gets home at around 7 and while he get all comfortable, her mom start preparing the table by putting a tablecloth, then the spoon, the fork, the knife, and finally two cups. Sylvain sits down with his news to read, receive the soup first, drinks it with her mom, then they eat the potatoes with the meat, and drink the tea, juice, or water. Dielman cleans up the table so that they can start studying French and improving it. At the end of the day may be around 8 o’clock, both get ready to go to sleep, and at 9 they both are sleeping, concluding the daily routine of

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