Meetings of Anna, The (1978) France
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Director:Akerman, Chantal
Studio:Hélène Films
Producer:Alain Dahan, Maya Faber-Jansen, Emile Poppe
Writer:Chantal Akerman
Rating:7.3 (319 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
Genre:French films
IMDb:0078152
Duration:2:06:00
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300007772
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:DVD copy
Akerman, Chantal  ...  (Director)
Chantal Akerman  ...  (Writer)
 
Aurore Clément  ...  Anna Silver
Helmut Griem  ...  Heinrich Schneider
Magali Noël  ...  Ida
Hanns Zischler  ...  Hans
Lea Massari  ...  La mère d'Anna
Jean-Pierre Cassel  ...  Daniel
Alain Berenboom  ...  
Françoise Bonnet  ...  
Thaddausz Kahl  ...  
Laurent Taffein  ...  
Victor Verek  ...  
Aurore Clement  ...  Anna Silver
Francine Sandberg  ...  Editor
Jean Penzer  ...  Director of Photography
Summary: Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film; she checks into a hotel, invites a stranger to her bed, and abruptly tells him to leave. He asks her to a birthday lunch with his mother and daughter; she goes. Afterward, in Cologne, she meets an old friend, a Polish Jew and war refugee. In Brussels, she spends the night at a hotel with her mother, whom she rarely sees. On the train, a stranger tells his story. Last, it's home to Paris, where her lover Daniel picks her up and they go to a hotel. Throughout, people make personal revelations to her, and Anna listens with little affect. Although it was 30 years ago, the war seems ever present.