WhenaskedtoparticipateintheCinema,ofOurTimeseries,ChantalAkermanjokinglysuggestedherselfassubjectmatterSheenvisionedafilmconsistingsolelyofexcerptsfromherfilms,butwhenpressedbytheproducerstoincludefootageofherself,Akermangrudginglyagreed,anddividedthefilmintotwopartsThefirstpartopenswithAkermaninherapartment,readingfromatextdirectlytothecamera,describingtheproblemssheencounteredmakingthisfilmWhatemergesfromthismiseensceneisafunny,oftenpersonal,andalwaysthoughtfulconfessionfromthisextremelyperceptivefilmmakerParttwoletsAkerman'sfilmsspeakforher,takingclipsfromherextensivefilmographyandlinkingthemanonymouslyuntiltheyformanewfilmTherearescenesfromJEANNEDIELMAN,herbestknownfilm,butalsoglimpsesofseveralotherworksforaysintoexperimentalfilm,comedicshorts,musicals,narrativefeaturesincludinganearlyshortthatstarsaveryyoungChantal