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A Couch in New York
1996 1h 44m Chantal Akerman

A Couch in New York

★ 5.9 IMDb
Romance Comedy Made in Europe
A burnt-out New York psychoanalyst exchanges apartments with a Parisian woman. When his patients arrive, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early and becomes a patient as well.
Cast Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Paul Guilfoyle, Richard Jenkins
Essays and Criticism
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How A Couch in New York deconstructs the romantic comedy by Louis Spong, Little White Lies
On Chantal Akerman
Columns | Film Art | Orphans and Maniacs: Chantal Akerman’s Maniac Summer by Andrea Picard, Cinema Scope Chantal Akerman in Exile by David Schwartz, MUBI Notebook No Room of One’s Own. Exile and Exodus in the Works of Chantal Akerman by Bart Versteirt, photogénie Making Sense of Life Without Her: On Chantal Akerman by Louis Spong, Little White Lies
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