A Woman Is a Woman is a 1961 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....

, featuring Anna Karina

Anna Karina

Anna Karina is a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who has spent most of her working life in France. Karina is known as a muse of the director, Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave...

, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...

 and Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...

. It is a tribute to American musical comedy and associated with the French New Wave

French New Wave

The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...

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Plot

The film centers on the relationship of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) and her lover Émile (Brialy). Rather than ever having a proper discussion, Angéla and Émile prefer to trivialise serious matters, for example, arguing using book titles, and argue about trivialities, such as Angela's pronunciation of the letter "r". Angéla wants to have a child, but Émile does not. Complicating matters is Émile's best friend Alfred (Belmondo), who constantly insists that he is in love with her.

Cast

• Jean-Claude Brialy
  Jean-Claude Brialy
  Jean-Claude Brialy – died 30 May 2007, Monthyon, Seine-et-Marne, France was a French actor, director, and socialite.-Biography:...
  
   - Émile Récamier (as Brialy)
• Anna Karina
  Anna Karina
  Anna Karina is a Danish film actress, director, and screenwriter who has spent most of her working life in France. Karina is known as a muse of the director, Jean-Luc Godard, one of the pioneers of the French New Wave...
  
   - Angela (as Karina)
• Jean-Paul Belmondo
  Jean-Paul Belmondo
  Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...
  
   - Alfred Lubitsch (as Belmondo)
• Henri Attal - Faux aveugle #2 (uncredited)
• Karyn Balm - (uncredited)
• Dorothée Blank - Prostitute 3 (uncredited)
• Marie Dubois
  Marie Dubois
  Marie Dubois is a French actress.She made her film debut in 1959, and first gained notice in Shoot the Piano Player...
  
   - Angela's friend (uncredited)
• Ernest Menzer - Bar Owner (uncredited)
• Jeanne Moreau
  Jeanne Moreau
  Jeanne Moreau is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director.She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française...
  
   - Woman in Bar (uncredited)
• Nicole Paquin - Suzanne (uncredited)
• Gisèle Sandré - Prostitute 2 (uncredited)
• Marion Sarraut - Prostitute 1 (uncredited)
• Dominique Zardi
  Dominique Zardi
  Dominique Zardi was a French actor. He played in more than 600 films-Selected filmography:- External links :* *...
  
   - Faux aveugle #1 (uncredited)

Awards

• 11th Berlin International Film Festival
  11th Berlin International Film Festival
  The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 23 to July 4, 1961.-Jury:* James Quinn * France Roche* Marc Turfkruyer* Satyajit Ray* Gian Luigi Rondi* Hirosugu Ozaki* Nicholas Ray* Falk Harnack* Hans Schaarwächter...
  
  
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress
    Silver Bear for Best Actress
    The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
    
     (Karina - won)
  • Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (won)
  • Golden Bear
    Golden Bear
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    (nominated)

External links

• Criterion Collection essay by J. Hoberman