Une Femme Est Une Femme (65th Anniversary) (EN subs)

With Une Femme Est Une Femme, Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic figurehead of the 1960s Nouvelle Vague movement, presented his idiosyncratic take on the musical: “a neorealist musical.” Starring French superstars Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy at the height of their popularity, this unique classic is both a playful homage to and an ironic dissection of the American musical. Karina’s Angéla, a striptease dancer longing to have a child, becomes entangled in a lighthearted yet keenly observed love triangle. With its exuberant colors, humor, and beautiful music by composer Michel Legrand, the film showcases Godard at his most accessible, without losing his formal playfulness. To mark its 65th anniversary, this sparkling key work in Godard’s oeuvre now returns to theaters in a stunning 4K restoration.