A Woman Is a Woman: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 00:42, 21 November 2016 editMdumas43073 (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users14,871 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit		Revision as of 20:21, 21 December 2016 edit undoKorny O'Near (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users23,272 edits →Plot: Added dialogue that explains titleNext edit →
Line 21:		Line 21:

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The film centers on the relationship of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) and her lover Émile (Brialy). Angéla wants to have a child, but Émile isn't ready. Émile's best friend Alfred (Belmondo) also says he loves Angéla, and keeps up a gentle pursuit. Angéla and Émile have their arguments about the matter; at one point, as they have decided not to speak with each other, they pull books from the shelf and, pointing to the titles, continue their argument. Since Émile stubbornly refuses her request for a child, Angéla finally decides to accept Alfred's plea and sleeps with him. Since she shows she will do what she needs to have a child, she and Émile finally make up so that he might have a chance to become the father.		The film centers on the relationship of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) and her lover Émile (Brialy). Angéla wants to have a child, but Émile isn't ready. Émile's best friend Alfred (Belmondo) also says he loves Angéla, and keeps up a gentle pursuit. Angéla and Émile have their arguments about the matter; at one point, as they have decided not to speak with each other, they pull books from the shelf and, pointing to the titles, continue their argument. Since Émile stubbornly refuses her request for a child, Angéla finally decides to accept Alfred's plea and sleeps with him. Since she shows she will do what she needs to have a child, she and Émile finally make up so that he might have a chance to become the father. The two have sex, then engage in a bit of wordplay that gives the film its title: an exasperated Émile says "''Angéla, tu es infâme''" ("Angela, you are horrid"), and she retorts, "''Non, je suis une femme''" ("No, I am a woman").<ref>{{cite book \|title=Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nf_uKU6bYRYC&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false \|first=Richard \|last=Brody \|year=2008}}</ref>

	==Cast==		==Cast==

Revision as of 20:21, 21 December 2016

1961 French film

A Woman Is a Woman
Film poster
Directed by	Jean-Luc Godard
Written by	Jean-Luc Godard
Produced by	Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard
Starring	Jean-Claude Brialy Anna Karina Jean-Paul Belmondo
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Edited by	Agnès Guillemot Lila Herman
Music by	Michel Legrand
Release date	6 September 1961
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$160,000 (estimated)
Box office	549,931 admissions (France)

A Woman Is a Woman (Template:Lang-fr) is a 1961 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Claude Brialy. It is a tribute to American musical comedy and associated with the French New Wave. It is notable for being the first film Jean-Luc Godard shot in color and Cinemascope.

Plot

The film centers on the relationship of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) and her lover Émile (Brialy). Angéla wants to have a child, but Émile isn't ready. Émile's best friend Alfred (Belmondo) also says he loves Angéla, and keeps up a gentle pursuit. Angéla and Émile have their arguments about the matter; at one point, as they have decided not to speak with each other, they pull books from the shelf and, pointing to the titles, continue their argument. Since Émile stubbornly refuses her request for a child, Angéla finally decides to accept Alfred's plea and sleeps with him. Since she shows she will do what she needs to have a child, she and Émile finally make up so that he might have a chance to become the father. The two have sex, then engage in a bit of wordplay that gives the film its title: an exasperated Émile says "Angéla, tu es infâme" ("Angela, you are horrid"), and she retorts, "Non, je suis une femme" ("No, I am a woman").