The short film I'm Hungry, I'm Cold by Chantal Akerman
is part of the collective work Paris vu par… 20 Years Later.
It was restored by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium and the Cinémathèque Française,
in collaboration with the Chantal Akerman Foundation.
The work was carried out from the 35mm negatives
preserved in the collections of the Cinémathèque française,
deposited by Philippe Garrel.
I won’t be long
so take my keys!
What do we do now?
Go to sleep.
Give me a cigarette.
- Let’s sleep. - I’m hungry. - I’m cold.
I wonder what’ll happen when they realize we're gone.
How old are you exactly?
- 18 in 9 months, and you? - 18 in 3 months.
We’ll make it.
Yeah, it can’t go on like this.
- No. We’re done with Brussels? - Yeah.
Do you think Paris is beautiful?
Tomorrow we’ll see.
- Let’s sleep. - Yeah.
- I'm cold. - I’m hungry.
- Me too.
How much money do you have?
35 francs 50. You?
72.
Let's eat.
Not like this. We need to look older.
Yeah.
- Okay? - Okay.
I want to fall in love.
Me too. Come on.
- Orange juice. - Toast. - Café au lait.
The coffee’s not like at home.
Neither’s the toast.
I’m still hungry.
More of the same!
Marlboros.
He's cute.
He’s okay.
Let’s leave without paying.
I’m scared.
If you’re scared, go first.
- Come on. - What now? - We explore.
- And find work? - There is no work.
I know.
I'm hungry.
A big sandwich.
Come on.
This is not how we fall in love.
- How then? - I don’t know.
- We have to wait. - So let’s wait.
Have you ever been in love?
- A little. - Me too.
A great start!
- I’m cold. - Don’t think about it.
- I’m hungry. - Don’t think about it.
Gimme a cigarette.
Here.
- The guy you dated, when was it? - Last year.
Why did it end?
He bit me when he kissed me. You?
- Last year. - Why did it end?
- He was with another girl. - Ah. And how’d he kiss?
Good. It made my heart pound.
Show me how he kissed.
Yeah, it'd make my heart pound too.
How did yours bite you?
I see why it ended.
I’m hungry.
Come on.
- How much money is left? - None.
- Now life begins. - What do we do?
We find work.
- Where are we going? - I don’t know.
What can you do?
I can sew, write, count, read and sing.
Me too. But I don't like sewing, writing, counting or reading. I only like to sing.
I sing flat and I scream when I sing.
I like to scream. I sing in tune.
Then we'll sing.
- Well, let’s sing. - Okay, where?
- I don't know. Here, for example? - There’s no one.
- But maybe they'll come. - I’m hungry.
Come on, let's not stay here.
Come on. We'll sing here.
No, not here.
- Where else? - Elsewhere.
What if we sang here?
- No, not here. - Where then?
Elsewhere.
Come on.
Please, ladies.
That's enough. Please.
That’s enough.
We'll buy you dinner.
Decide what you want, huh?
Goodnight.
- Goodnight. - See you soon.
- Are you coming? - Yes.
You can sleep there if you want.
I'll sleep on the couch.
I want to be close to you.
Then come over.
I want to kiss you.
Then kiss me.
I want to love you.
Then love me.
It was the first time?
Yes. So that’s over with.
Come on. Let’s go.