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8.1
/10
8,231 Ratings

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN

Une femme est une femme

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
France, Italy, 1961
Comedy, Romance, Drama
  • 8484 minutes

Synopsis

Exotic dancer Angela attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Emile. But Alfred, Emile’s best friend who is in love with Angela, is happy to be a father. Angela loves Emile and refuses Alfred’s advances, but leads Emile to believe that she is infatuated with his friend.

Synopsis

Exotic dancer Angela attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Emile. But Alfred, Emile’s best friend who is in love with Angela, is happy to be a father. Angela loves Emile and refuses Alfred’s advances, but leads Emile to believe that she is infatuated with his friend.

Our take

Godard’s radical “neorealist musical” is one of the most iconic films of the French New Wave. Re-inventing Hollywood’s aging genre, it is full of fourth-wall-breaking playfulness, Eastmancolor Parisian streets, Legrand’s lush score, and the sparkling presence of Belmondo, Brialy, and Anna Karina.