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Connections, in both directions

Perfect Days poster
The first hour of the film essentially boils down to sequencing that’s clearly inspired by Chantal Akerman’s film, Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. While Hirayama has certainly held and excelled at this job for a while, he seems deeply content. And although it may beckon the viewer to wonder just how he ended up in the position he finds himself in, more likely than not, it doesn’t really matter.
Alex Papaioannou • InSession Film • Dec 20, 2023
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This fascination with the most ordinary daily rituals inevitably recalls Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.
David Rooney • The Hollywood Reporter • May 25, 2023
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A Ghost Story poster
(In doing so, she also reveals one of Lowery’s unusual influences: The pie-eating is a near copy of a scene in Chantal Akerman’s Je Tu Il Elle .)
undertone poster

On Akerman, rather than any one film

…aka everyone took the wrong lessons from Chantal Akerman.
Sarah Vincent, www.facebook.com • Sarah G. Vincent Views • Mar 13, 2026
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