News from Home
Trailer: News from Home
Year: 1977
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ZDF, Paradise Films, Unité Trois, INA
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Chantal Akerman
Crew: Chantal Akerman (Director), Chantal Akerman (Writer), Alain Dahan (Producer), Guy Cavagnac (Co-Producer), Liliane de Kermadec (Co-Producer), Jim Asbell (Director of Photography)

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