a ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁images " ▁that ▁places ▁a ▁car ▁accident ▁or ▁a ▁kiss ▁" high er ▁in ▁the ▁hierarchy ▁than ▁was hing ▁up   ... ▁And ▁it ' s ▁not ▁by ▁accident , ▁but ▁rel ates ▁to ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁woman ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁hierarchy   ... ▁Woman ' s ▁work ▁comes ▁out ▁of ▁opp ression ▁and ▁whatever ▁comes ▁out ▁of ▁opp ression ▁is ▁more ▁interesting . ▁You ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁definite . ▁You ▁have ▁to ▁be ". ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Jean ne ▁D iel man ▁in ▁real ▁time , ▁which ▁Ak erman ▁said ▁" was ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁shoot ▁the ▁film ▁- ▁ ▁to ▁avoid ▁cutting ▁the ▁action ▁in ▁a ▁hundred ▁places , ▁to ▁look ▁carefully ▁and ▁to ▁be ▁respect ful . ▁The ▁fr aming ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁respect ▁her ▁space , ▁her , ▁and ▁her ▁gest ures ▁within ▁it ". ▁The ▁long ▁static ▁sh ots ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁vie wer ▁" always ▁knows ▁where ▁I ▁am ." ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Jean ne ▁D iel man , ▁ 2 3 ▁qu ai ▁du ▁Com merce , ▁ 1 0 8 0 ▁Bru xelles ▁premier ed ▁at ▁the ▁Direct ors ▁Fort night ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁C annes ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁was ▁finan cially ▁successful ▁in ▁Europe . ▁W riter ▁Peter ▁Hand ke ▁and ▁film maker ▁A lain ▁T anner ▁have ▁c ited ▁it ▁as ▁influ ential ▁on ▁their ▁work . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁until ▁ 1 9