“Full of memorable images and odd flourishes, there’s a whole network of gags and cunning cross references and Godard lets the characters move at their own pace, making for a film that’s more relaxed and playful than his later work.”
Screened in tribute to Anna Karina 1940 - 2019
With Une Femme est une Femme, Jean-Luc Godard presents "a neorealist musical—that is, a contradiction in terms." Featuring icons of the French New Wave Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy at their peak of popularity, Une Femme est une Femme is a sly, playful tribute to - and interrogation of - the American musical comedy, showcasing Godard's signature wit and visual flair.
The film tells the story of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) as she attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Émile (Brialy). In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred (Belmondo). A dizzying compendium of colour, humour, and the music of Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), Une Femme est une Femme finds the young Godard at his warmest and most accessible, revelling in and scrutinising the mechanics of his great obsession: the cinema.
