Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - Trailer

BFI Distribution has sent over the UK trailer for the 50th anniversary rerelease of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles directed by Chantal Akerman. Voted Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time in the 2022 Critics’ poll (the first time a female filmmaker has taken the number one spot since the poll’s inception in 1952), Akerman’s groundbreaking film is rereleased in UK and Irish cinemas on 7 February 2025, central to the BFI’s major, near complete BFI Southbank retrospective season ‘Chantal Akerman: Adventures in Perception’ running from 3 February to 18 March followed by a BFI Blu-ray release as part of Chantal Akerman Collection Volume 1: 1967-1978, released on 24 February 2025.

Heralded by Le Monde in January 1976 as “the first masterpiece of the feminine in the history of the cinema”, Chantal Akerman’s landmark second feature, the mesmerising Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles follows the meticulous daily routine of its titular lead over the course of three days. Presented at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 1975, the film brought the then 24-year-old Akerman international recognition. A cornerstone of feminist cinema, Chantal Akerman’s cinematically radical film challenged the status quo when it was originally released and continues to do so today 50 years later.