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A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) (1964)

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Director Jean-Luc Godard's deceptively blithe tribute to the musical comedy features Anna Karina as an exotic dancer who decides that it is time for her to have a child. When her lover refuses to commit to the decision, she turns her romantic attentions to his best friend. This being a Godard film, the straightforward story serves as a framework for improvisation and stylistic experimentation, allowing for odd interludes and unexpected images. Rather than the sometimes alienating, dense intellectualism of later Godard works, Une femme est une femme offers aesthetic pleasure through luxurious visuals and a charming musical score by Michel Legrand. Against this bright backdrop, Karina proves particularly fetching, capturing the film's frolicsome mood in an unforced manner. While not one of Godard's most groundbreaking or influential films, Une femme est une femme is one of his most appealing and pleasurable efforts. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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Cast

Anna Karina
as Angela
Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Alfred Lubitsch
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Emile Recamier
Nicole Paquin
as Suzanne
Marie Dubois
as 1st Prostitute
Jeanne Moreau
as Herself
Catherine Demongeot
Ernest Menzer
as Bar Owner
Marion Sarraut
as 2nd Prostitute
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Critic Reviews for A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)

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The result is brash, defiant, gaudy and infinitely fragile.

January 26, 2006 | Full Review…
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A charming document of the great filmmaker's fanciful yet serious dreams for cinema.

November 21, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
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A Woman Is a Woman may not have the urgency or the contradictions that made early Godard an icon, but in its new incarnation, it takes us back to a time when he could still provide the makings of a good argument.

November 7, 2003 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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The most playful film to come out of the French New Wave, it's also the last time Jean-Luc Godard appeared to have any fun.

September 5, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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Une Femme Est une Femme moves us now because it's so playful and the players are so young.

July 29, 2003 | Rating: 4/4
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A Woman Is a Woman is slight and sometimes wearisome.

July 25, 2003 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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Audience Reviews for A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)

Godard at his most playful. The jumbled score and dialogue make a one of a kind anti movie experience.

Graham Jones
Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

½

Sexy, charming and downright silly. Jean-Claude Brialy might be the only man on the planet who can repeatedly say "no" to Anna Karina and keep a straight face.

Randy Tippy
Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

the most charming godard i have yet seen. anna k. is too adorable

Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas

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