A Woman is a Woman (1961)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henri Attal. A French striptease artist is desperate to become a mother. When her reluctant boyfriend suggests that his best friend impregnate her, feelings become complicated when she accepts.

A Woman Is a Woman (French: Une femme est une femme) 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 Godard's third featu

With A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme), compulsively innovative director Jean-Luc Godard presents "a neorealist musical—that is, a contradiction in terms." Featuring French superstars Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy at their peak of popularity,

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

A Woman Is a Woman - Trailer, Jean-Luc Godard, 1961

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. with Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Dubois, Jeanne Moreau... The film centers on the relationship between an exotic dancer Angela (Karina) and her lover Emile (Brialy). Angela wants to have a child, but Emile does not. Alfred (Belmondo) is in love with Angela and is not averse to the idea. Angela loves Emile and refuses Alfred's advances, but leads Emile to believe that she is infatuated with Alfred...

Jean-Luc Godard's iconic masterclass in mischief and emotion

Director Jean-Luc Godard's deceptively blithe tribute to the musical comedy features Anna Karina as an exotic dancer who decides that it is time for her to have a child. When her lover refuses to commit to the decision, she turns her romantic attentions to his best friend. This being a Godard film, the straightforward story serves as a framework for improvisation and stylistic experimentation, allowing for odd interludes and unexpected images. Rather than the sometimes alienating, dense intellectualism of later Godard works, Une femme est une femme offers aesthetic pleasure through luxurious visuals and a charming musical score by Michel Legrand. Against this bright backdrop, Karina proves particularly fetching, capturing the film's frolicsome mood in an unforced manner. While not one of Godard's most groundbreaking or influential films, Une femme est une femme is one of his most appealing and pleasurable efforts. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi