Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles follows the life of Jeanne Dielman, a housewife, mother, cook, babysitter, and prostitute. Akerman attempts to eliminate the male gaze and patriarchal forms because she illuminates light on the invisibility of women. The film consists of authentic moments of life displaying Jeanne’s mundane tasks (preparing food and cleaning). In conventional movies, these actions are simply implied and never shown because they do not provoke, or engross the audience. This movie forces the audience to see what happens. Many films of the time where laced with action, music, objectified roles for women, the male protagonists, and, definitely, the male gaze. Jeanne as the main character challenges
