Portrait of a Young Girl at the End of the 60s in Brussels is a film about nonconformity. Nonconformity on how to dress, what to think, who to love, how to feel. It’s a film about the challenges of not fitting in within the cage of social norm, and the anxious back and forth pacing that occurs while figuring out how to break free from a stifling complacency that chokes you.
Chantal Akerman’s semi-autobiographical film follows a day in the…