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WhenaskedtoparticipateintheCinema,ofOurTimeseries,ChantalAkermanjokinglysuggestedherselfassubjectmatter.Sheenvisionedafilmconsistingsolelyofexcerptsfromherfilms,butwhenpressedbytheproducerstoincludefootageofherself,Akermangrudginglyagreed,anddividedthefilmintotwoparts.ThefirstpartopenswithAkermaninherapartment,readingfromatextdirectlytothecamera,describingtheproblemssheencounteredmakingthisfilm.Whatemergesfromthismise-en-sceneisafunny,oftenpersonal,andalwaysthoughtfulconfessionfromthisextremelyperceptivefilmmaker.ParttwoletsAkerman'sfilmsspeakforher,takingclipsfromherextensivefilmographyandlinkingthemanonymouslyuntiltheyformanewfilm.TherearescenesfromJEANNEDIELMAN,herbest-knownfilm,butalsoglimpsesofseveralotherworks-foraysintoexperimentalfilm,comedicshorts,musicals,narrativefeatures-includinganearlyshortthatstarsaveryyoungChantalaaa