Plot: Julie locks herself in an empty room, with nothing but a mattress, a bag of sugar, and pen and paper. She tries to write a letter, but the longer she tries to finish it, the more she gets frustrated. After a while, she decides to leave the apartment and she finds a truck driver to take her along.
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September 05, 2024
My second Akerman, and apart from the fact that it was quite a bit shorter than her magnum opus, it didn't do anything to change my mind about her. This film is slow, tedious, and incredibly dry, and if that doesn't work for you, then there isn't anything else to get excited about.
The first segment (inside the apartment) is the most intriguing. It's also the one that has the most interesting cinematography, even though the black-and-white footage wasn't the most inspiring. The other two segments were dull, but maybe that's because I was already mentally checked out at that point in the film. This wasn't for me.