

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
A lonely young widow lives with her son following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.
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417 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $120K
- Box office
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- Language
- French
- widow
- brussels, belgium
- household
- loneliness
- feminist
- prostitution
- single mother
- woman director
- minimalism
- slow cinema
- chores
- mother son relationship
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis11 Nov 1976
- Theatrical (limited)Bleecker St. Cinema, New York City4 Oct 1978
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York23 Mar 1983
- Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive8 Sept 2017
- Theatrical (limited)O Cinema South Beach & Oklahoma City Museum of Art7 Jan 2023
- Theatrical (limited)Brooklyn Public Library29 Jan 2023
- Theatrical (limited)Madison Museum of Contemporary Art11 Jun 2023
- Theatrical (limited)Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Restored Version)5 Jul 2023
- Theatrical (limited)Metrograph, New York City5 Jan 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival1 Nov 1975
- PhysicalDVD18 Apr 2007
- PremiereSheffield DocFest1 Jun 2016
- Theatrical15Re-release3 Nov 2023
- Theatrical15Re-release (Restored Version)7 Feb 2025
- Digital / OTT1517 Mar 2025
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival22 Oct 1976
BrazilBR
- Physical16DVD20 Apr 2007
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-722 Dec 2022
FranceFR
- PremiereDirectors' Fortnight22 May 1975
- TheatricalTP21 Jan 1976
- TheatricalTPRe-release24 Apr 2007
- TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)19 Apr 2023
GermanyDE
- TheatricalRe-release (Restored Version)5 Jan 2023
GreeceGR
- PremiereAthens Film Festival3 Oct 2015
- TheatricalRe-release29 Jun 2023
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice International Film Festival7 Sept 1975
- PremiereVenice Film Festival1 Aug 1982
- PremiereIl Cinema Ritrovato (Restored Version)3 Jul 2015
JapanJP
- TheatricalG29 Apr 2022
- Digital / OTT3 Nov 2022
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical18 Apr 2007
- PremiereInternational Film Festival Rotterdam23 Jan 2020
SwedenSE
- Theatrical (limited)1521 Jan 1976
Frequently asked questions
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was released on 21 January 1976.
Audience reviews
2- B8/10
badelf
5/25/2022
Yes, it's 3 hours, but we have to forgive that it's from an era before MTV and the resulting cultural ADD. If I didn't know better, I'd think this was the inspiration for Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010). Well, actually, I don't know better. Maybe it was. The premise is similar. Here we become the spectator of one woman's descent into madness. It's kind of riveting in a ghoulish sort or w…
- T10/10
testr
7/12/2022
There's a lot of much deeper things to say about this film and what it does and what it means, about the crushing routine of everyday life, about the nature of the worlds we live in, the stories we tell, but for now I just wanna say this movie is incredibly hypnotic and genuinely engaging and passes by far quicker than any movie this long and with this little happening rightly should. Good stuff tbh.
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