Toute une nuit (1982) review

Over the course of a single warm night in Brussels, multiple (mostly unnamed) residents head outside: two individuals go for a drive, a woman calls a man she's in love with (but hangs up as soon as he answers), an elderly couple decide to leave their living room (to find a place to dance), there's a little girl with her pet cat ... and then eventually it's dawn.  Akerman's been known to be pretty vague with a lot of her films and this is no exception, with the barest amount of dialogue, an indifference to character development and faces and bodies typically half covered up by shadows, so it's a ninety-minute nocturnal ode, and perhaps exists as a plea for her audience to eschew sleep and enjoy the planet in its most quiet state.  Fans of the late Belgian auteur might be entranced by her minimalistic approach, though I hope those unfamiliar with her output enjoy watching people opening doors.