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| 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").
Cast
- Anna Karina - Angela Récamier
- Jean-Claude Brialy - Émile
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Alfred Lubitsch
- Henri Attal - Faux aveugle #2 (uncredited)
- Karyn Balm - (uncredited)
- Dorothée Blank - Prostitute 3 (uncredited)
- Marie Dubois - Angela's friend (uncredited)
- Ernest Menzer - Bar Owner (uncredited)
- Jeanne Moreau - Woman in Bar (herself)
- Nicole Paquin - Suzanne (uncredited)
- Gisèle Sandré - Prostitute 2 (uncredited)
- Marion Sarraut - Prostitute 1 (uncredited)
- Dominique Zardi - Faux aveugle #1 (uncredited)
Awards
- 11th Berlin International Film Festival
- Silver Bear for Best Actress (Karina - won)
- Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (won)
- Golden Bear (nominated)
References
- Box office information for Jean Paul Belmondo films at Box Office Story
- Brody, Richard (2008). Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard.
- "Berlinale 1961: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
External links
- A Woman Is a Woman at IMDb
- A Woman is a Woman at Le Film Guide
- Template:Amg movie
- Criterion Collection essay by J. Hoberman
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