"She never wanted to speak about Auschwitz. [...] I asked her once to tell me more, and she said, 'No, I will get crazy.' So we could speak around, or after, or before, but the real moment, never. Not directly."
— Chantal Akerman

January 1, 1970

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The article is concerned with the release of Akerman's No Home Movie, which features extended conversations between the director and her mother, Natalia (Nelly), a Holocaust survivor.