A Woman Is a Woman
Une femme est une femme
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.
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Awards & Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
1961 | 2 wins including: Best Actress
One of Godard’s funniest pictures, the film rattles off gag after gag with a machine-gun frequency that recalls the screwballs the director worshipped, a frequency that would leave contemporary comedies in the dust.
Zachary Wigon
July 31, 2013
There are a couple of absurdly nonchalant song-and-dance sequences, though mostly, Michel Legrand’s sumptuous music swells in anticipation of showstoppers that never happen. And in the center of it all there’s Karina, the most enduring of the New Wave’s new women, decked out in one costume more gaudily Technicolor than the next, shimmering like a rainbow lollipop.
Scott Foundas
August 20, 2003
Never heavy-handed, the film defies genre-placement. This subversive musical celebrates female empowerment and takes sly jabs at Hollywood film conventions. Godard’s use of music is at its best here, not to be rivaled until the impeccable, metallic soundscape of Alphaville.
Ed Gonzalez
August 14, 2001
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