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A Woman Is a Woman
Une femme est une femme
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
1961•1h 23m•NR•★ 7.3
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Synopsis
An effervescent Parisian striptease dancer desperately wants to have a baby within twenty-four hours, but when her intellectual bookstore boyfriend refuses, she threatens to ask his best friend to father the child, setting off an irreverent, musical-comedy battle of sexes using book titles as silent arguments. Jean-Luc Godard's first color and Cinemascope film starring Anna Karina (Berlin Best Actress), Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy with Michel Legrand's playful score.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
WriterJean-Luc Godard
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
MusicMichel Legrand
Principal Cast
Anna KarinaAngela
Jean-Claude BrialyÉmile Récamier
Jean-Paul BelmondoAlfred Lubitsch
Henri AttalFake Blind #2 (uncredited)
Karyn Balm(uncredited)
Dorothée BlanckProstitute 3 / 'L'Opera Mouffe' shown on TV screen (uncredited)
Catherine DemongeotMagazine Girl (uncredited)
Marie DuboisAngela's Friend (uncredited)
Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 23m (83 mins)
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Production Details
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
LanguagesFrench
CountryFR, IT
StudioRome Paris Films
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