A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman is the English title of Une Femme est une femme, a film released in 1961, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Featuring Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy, A Woman is a Woman is a playful tribute to American musical comedy, showcasing Godard’s signature wit and intellectual acumen. Described by Godard as his "first real movie," the film tells the story of exotic dancer Angéla (Anna Karina) as she attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Émile (Jean-Claude Brialy). In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo). While the film displays skills that would later bloom in My Life to Live, Contempt, Band of Outsiders, and Alphaville, it perhaps is not as good as these, showing Godard as an artist who would grow into his talent with the passage of time, techniques and actors. Still, it remains is an essential part of the French New Wave.

See also

• Cinema of France
• List of French language films

External links

• Une femme est une femme at the Internet Movie Database
• The Criterion Collection