Mid-August in Paris (the title is a date: August 15) in a sunny, quiet apartment a young woman talks, thinks, reflects about herself, everyday life and little events in a long, uninterrupted monologue. The camera pictures her and her gestures in long, fixed shots moving around the rooms, the space, the light and shadows of a summer day.

　　《奥迈耶的痴梦》改编自约瑟夫·康拉德1895年发表的处女作小说，影片在马来西亚取景拍摄，被《电影手册》评为2011年法国今年最受期待的新片之一。该片讲述了一位荷兰富商在马来西亚寻找黄金的故事。

如此长久的凝视，凝视一个井井有条一丝不苟的家庭妇女走向慌乱失控，走向那致命的一剪刀。第二天发生了什么确实引人好奇，但真正被强调的是每一天在发生的那些。彬彬有礼的母子关系、邻里的客套寒暄、现代化的各种装置、大洋彼岸的礼物、甚至静默不语的嫖客，彻骨的寒冷却不因看似的;正常 rdquo;而化解。

Akerman's Toute une nuit is a collection of vignettes depicting the fancies and dramatic moments of a number of people throughout one summer night. The film has little dialogue and relies on a remarkable series of contrasts for effect a sultry night of deep, often painful depictions of passion visualized in a stark and grainy manner against the backdrop of a spiritless, bland Brussels.　　被认为是仅次于让娜 迪尔曼的该导演另一部杰作