The Beloved Child, or I Play at Being a Married Woman

A young mother, alone with her daughter, confides in a friend who happens to be the director herself. Chantal Akerman, although she sympathizes with the mother, does not say a word.

• Chantal AkermanDirector
• Chantal AkermanWriter

• Claire WauthionThe young mother (uncredited)
• Chantal AkermanHerself (uncredited)
• Daphné MerzerThe little girl (uncredited)