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A Woman Is a Woman
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Directed by	Jean-Luc Godard
Produced by	Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard
Written by	Jean-Luc Godard
Starring	Jean-Claude Brialy Anna Karina Jean-Paul Belmondo
Music by	Michel Legrand
Cinematography	Raoul Coutard
Editing by	Agnès Guillemot Lila Herman
Release date(s)	September 6, 1961
Running time	85 min.
Language	French
Budget	$160,000 (estimated)
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A Woman Is a Woman (original French title Une Femme est une femme) is a 1961 film 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 and is part of the French New Wave.

Plot

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). Rather than ever having a proper discussion, Angela and Emile prefer to trivialise serious matters, for example, arguing using book titles, and argue about trivialities, such as Angela's pronunciation of the letter "r". In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who constantly insists that he is in love with her.

References

There are many references to other films of the French New Wave throughout the film, including:

• A bout de souffle (another film by Godard and Truffaut)
• Shoot the Piano Player (a film by Truffaut)
• Jules et Jim (Jeanne Moreau makes an uncredited cameo, when Alfred asks her "How's it going with Jules et Jim?")
• There are also multiple references to the singer, Charles Aznavour.

See also

• Cinema of France
• List of French language films

External links

• A Woman Is a Woman at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by J. Hoberman

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