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First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman's often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final film No Home Movie (2015). With a particular focus on the difficulties Akerman faced in conjunction with the end of her mother's life, the book combines a matter-of-fact writing style with family photographs and stills from her own films in order to better convey the totality of her experience. Akerman writes: "With pride because I believed at last in my ability to say something that I'd had trouble saying. I told myself, I am strong for once, I speak. I speak the truth."
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My Mother Laughs, Chantal Akerman
- Language
- Released
- 2019
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- My Mother Laughs
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Chantal Akerman
- Publisher
- Silver Press
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 200
- ISBN10
- 0995716234
- ISBN13
- 9780995716230
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, LGBTQ+, Filmthema, Film, Feminism, Belgium
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman's often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final film No Home Movie (2015). With a particular focus on the difficulties Akerman faced in conjunction with the end of her mother's life, the book combines a matter-of-fact writing style with family photographs and stills from her own films in order to better convey the totality of her experience. Akerman writes: "With pride because I believed at last in my ability to say something that I'd had trouble saying. I told myself, I am strong for once, I speak. I speak the truth."