‘La Captive - Chantal Akerman’

This film will be screened extra muros at the Cinematek.

The film will be introduced by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

This event takes place in the framework of the Close-up: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul picks La Captive as one of his favourite films and will give an introduction before the screening.​​​​​​​

Together with cinematographer Eric De Kuyper, Akerman evokes Simon's doomed attempts to control and possess his girlfriend Ariane. He pursues her and demands she share every thought. A grey-coloured Paris is both Ariane's cell and playground. The swelling, romantic music by Rachmaninov and others breaks the visual modesty and accentuates the couple's tragedy.

With the exhibition Chantal Akerman. Travelling, Bozar gave much attention to the Belgian filmmaker, writer and artist. Chantal Akerman remains an example for many directors and artists today and will inspire many generations to come. With La Captive, for example, a 2000 drama film partly based on Marcel Proust's novel La Prisonnière (1923). 

The Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman has directed more than 40 films and created several art installations. She tackled such diverse media as film, television, text and installation. Her best-known work is the avant-garde classic Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975).