American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy
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American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy is a 1989 Belgian
drama film
directed by Chantal Akerman
. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
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Cinema of Belgium
Belgium is essentially a bi-lingual country divided into the Flemish north and the French-speaking south. There is also a small community of German speakers in the border region with Germany...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Anne Akerman is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Akerman's best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles , exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.-Early life:Akerman was born to...
. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
39th Berlin International Film Festival
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.-Jury:* Rolf Liebermann * Leslie Caron* Chen Kaige* Vadim Glowna* Randa Haines* Vladimir Ignatovski* Adrian Kutter* Francisco Rabal...
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Cast
- Mark Amitin
- Eszter BalintEszter BalintEszter Balint is a singer, songwriter, violinist, and actress. She first emerged as a child member of the avant-garde Squat Theatre troupe before making her cinematic debut in 1984 in director Jim Jarmusch's independent film Stranger Than Paradise...
- Stephan Balint
- Kirk BaltzKirk BaltzKirk Baltz is an American actor who has starred in film and on television.-Career:Baltz is best known for his role as Marvin Nash, an LAPD police officer in the famous torture scene of the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. Kirk also starred in another film written by Tarantino, 1994's...
- George Bartenieff
- Billy Bastiani
- Jacob Becker
- Isha Manna Beck
- Max Brandt
- Maurice Brenner
- David Buntzman
- Marilyn ChrisMarilyn ChrisMarilyn Chris is an American actress most notably known for her role as Wanda Webb Wolek on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live.-Career:...
- Sharon Diskin
- Carl Don
- Dean Zeth Jackson as Teitelbaum
- Judith MalinaJudith MalinaJudith Malina is an American theater and film actress, writer, and director, who was one of the founders of The Living Theatre.-Early life:...
- Irina V. Passmoore (as Irina Pasmur)
- Herbert Rubens as Martin
- Victor Talmadge