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Golden Eighties

(Chantal Akerman, 1986, Belgium/France)

New Restoration

A mall storefront with woman in a red dress standing in the doorway.
Jul 25, 2026 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$8 members
$12 general public
$9 adults 55 and over
Free for students

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Chantal Akerman’s feminist take on the musical genre is set in a shopping mall!

Akerman’s Golden Eighties is a departure from her best-known film Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, which topped the 2022 Sight and Sound poll as the greatest film of all time. Starring Delphine Seyrig, Golden Eighties is a bouncy musical that follows the love lives and friendships between store employees at a shopping mall. Akerman presents a colorful, Gen X wonderland of consumerist delights and stylish production numbers as a lens to explore her career-long preoccupations with late capitalism and the legacy of the Holocaust. In French with English subtitles. (99 mins., 4K DCP)

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Golden Eighties, courtesy of Janus Films.

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Restored in 4K in 2024 by the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique in collaboration with Chantal Akerman Foundation at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory from the 35mm original negative and the original sound mix. Funding provided by Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Leora Barish, Henry Bean, Ostrovsky Family Fund (OFF), SWA. Restoration supervised by Luc Benhamou.

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Seventh Son Brewing

Antiques on High

Getaway Brewing

SUPPORT FOR FILM PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY

Rohauer Collection Foundation

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The Wexner Family

Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

CampusParc

The Columbus Foundation

The Ohio State University

Wexner Center Foundation Board

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Golden Eighties

Jul 25, 2026 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$8 members
$12 general public
$9 adults 55 and over
Free for students

For ticketing questions please call the Visitor Desk at (614) 292-3535.

A limited number of listening devices are available upon request.

If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Visit our Accessibility page to learn more.

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