Les Rendez-vous d’Anna
- Mon, Mar 24
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Chantal Akerman Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 1978 Language: French
Starring: Aurore Clément, Hanns Zischler, Helmut Griem, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Magali Noël
Chantal Akerman Month proceeds with Les Rendez-vous d’Anna, the director’s quietly haunting study of alienation and emotional detachment.
The film follows Anna (Aurore Clément), a reserved and introspective filmmaker, as she travels across Europe for a screening tour. Along the way, she drifts through a series of encounters — with strangers, old lovers, and family members — each conversation exposing unspoken loneliness and the difficulty of genuine human connection.
Through Akerman’s signature minimalist style and restrained performances, Les Rendez-vous d’Anna becomes a meditation on modern disconnection, gender roles, and the lingering shadows of history, making for a deeply melancholic yet profoundly resonant experience.