My mother laughs / Chantal Akerman ; translated by Corina Copp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akerman, Chantal.

Contributor:

Copp, Corina, translator.

Standardized Title:

Ma mère rit. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Akerman, Chantal.

Mothers and daughters--Biography.

Mothers and daughters.

Women motion picture producers and directors--Biography.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, NY] : The Song Cave, [2019]

Summary:

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."

Notes:

First published as Ma mère rit by Mecure de France in 2013.

Publisher location and date of publication from publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780998829081

0998829080

OCLC:

1096480098

Publisher Number:

99981849319