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Follows the fraught relationship between Angela (career muse Anna Karina), an exotic dancer, and her boyfriend Émile (Jean-Claude Brialy). Desperate...
Follows the fraught relationship between Angela (career muse Anna Karina), an exotic dancer, and her boyfriend Émile (Jean-Claude Brialy). Desperate to become a mother, a reluctant Émile suggests his best friend impregnate her. Feelings become complicated when she accepts. This is Jean-Luc Godard's second feature after his New Wave breakthrough hit, Breathless.
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71 %28 reviewsAudience score rating
"The result is brash, defiant, gaudy and infinitely fragile."
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Time Out
Time Out"Godard's whimsical celebration of romance, sentiment, musical comedy, color film, the city of Paris and the abundant charms of Ms. Karina herself, who at the time was also Madame Godard."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Slight and sometimes wearisome."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A weak script and its musical aspirations let down this beautifully early Nouvelle Vague piece."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineA Woman is a Woman | Details
Award winner- Silver Bear winner (for Best Actress, Karina, and Special Prize for Godard), Berlin Film Festival 1961
- Rating
- PG, Nudity & coarse language
- Runtime
- 84
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance
- Country of origin
- France
