Maniac Summer
Storyline
Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with no specific subject or topic. The camera is positioned in front of a window and left running. It observes movements, registers noises coming from the street or nearby park, captures Chantal Akerman going about her business in her apartment: smoking, working, talking on the telephone. Fragments from the artist’s everyday life are featured in the installation’s central video, while the adjoining panels are more symbolically charged; in them, various images from the former have been isolated, modified and repeated. These abstract afterimages act as a kind of memory, looking back to the images in the installation’s centrepiece as so many shadows of its reality.
Key Information
Photos
Cast & Crew
Chantal Akerman
Self
Frequently Asked Questions
Maniac Summer was released on December 5, 2009.
The runtime of Maniac Summer is 34m.
Maniac Summer is a Documentary movie.
Maniac Summer is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
Maniac Summer was directed by Chantal Akerman.
The main cast of Maniac Summer includes Chantal Akerman.
Maniac Summer is originally in French.