Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

The austere and jarring opening by Belgian writer-director Chantal Akerman, with improbable technique introducing her title character (Delphine Seyrig) and a guy (Henri Storck) who, it transpires, is a customer, in Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1977.

Finished with their evening routine, the title character (Delphine Seyrig), a single mom and daytime prostitute, engages in an expository chat with her son Sylvain (Jan Decorte), in director Chantal Akerman's acclaimed Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1977.

The camera still not moving, only cutting from room to room, director Chantal Akerman's title character (Delphine Seyrig), having finished with her john for the day, receives Sylvain (Jan Decorte), whom we deduce is her son, in Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1977.