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A thirty-second-long shot in this film shows its protagonist enter a cramped elevator from a mirror on its left and ride it to the second floor. The director of this film prevented it from screening at a New York film festival and vowed “I will never permit a film of mine to be shown in a gay film festival.” A truck driver in this film relates being aroused by a daydream of a woman crying. This film’s protagonist organizes (*) dozens of letters on her bedroom floor and eats sugar out of a paper bag. Many critics have read this film’s narrative as circular, connecting its opening line of narration “...and so I left” with the final moments where a woman tells her ex-lover Julie to leave her apartment. For 10 points, name this film that culminates in a 15-minute long landmark real-time sex scene, both starring and directed by Chantal Akerman. ■END■ (10[1])

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