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For more than a month, eating only powdered sugar, a woman tries to deal with a breakup: she paints her room twice, removes the furniture, writes and rewrites a letter to her lover, clarifying all she had said. She spreads the pages on the floor. She lies down and waits. Finally, her sugar eaten, she is hungry and leaves. She flags down a truck; she and the trucker drive through the dark, stopping at a diner and bars. He asks for a hand job, she complies. He talks about his wife, children, and sex life. She arrives at the flat of her lover, a woman, who tells her she cannot stay. She says she is hungry, so her lover feeds her then allows her to stay the night. They make love.

'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion

Released: November 17, 1976

Runtime: 86.0

Popularity Rating: 1.126

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paradise Films

Belgium, France

Julie Chantal Akerman
Truck-driver Niels Arestrup
Girlfriend Claire Wauthion

Camera — Director of Photography: Benedicte Delesalle
Camera — Director of Photography: Charlotte Szlovak
Camera — Director of Photography: Renelde Dupont
Directing — Assistant Director: Paul Arias
Directing — Director: Chantal Akerman
Editing — Editor: Genevieve Luciani
Editing — Editor: Luc Freche
Production — Producer: Chantal Akerman
Writing — Writer: Chantal Akerman
Writing — Writer: Eric Du Kuyper
Writing — Writer: Paul Paquay