“[…] she who was once so elegant. She who was once such a beauty. Everyone said so.

“[…] she who was once so elegant. She who was once such a beauty. Everyone said so. And I was so proud of her, of my mother, this beautiful woman. And I loved her.
I loved her so much when she was young, my mother.
Her youth, her beauty, her dresses. Especially this one summer dress with thick golden and orange stripes. She looked so radiant in it. She would call me to help her do it up at the back and I loved that. Then she would ask me if she looked OK. Yes, you look beautiful. This dress really suits you. It brings out the darkness of your eyes.”
Chantal Akerman with her maman Natalia(Nelly), featured in My Mother Laughs[tr. Daniella Shreir]