Subtitle A Woman Is A | Woman (une Femme Est Une ...
Released in 1961, (A Woman Is a Woman) is Jean-Luc Godard's third feature film and a vibrant hallmark of the French New Wave. Starring Godard’s muse and then-wife Anna Karina , alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Claude Brialy, the film is a playful, self-aware tribute to the American musical comedy, reimagined through Godard's experimental lens. Plot Summary
The story follows Angéla (Karina), an exotic dancer at the Zodiac Club in Paris who becomes fixated on having a child. Her boyfriend, Émile (Brialy), is unwilling to comply, leading to a series of comedic and domestic disputes. In a desperate attempt to move Émile, Angéla turns to his best friend, Alfred (Belmondo), who is more than willing to assist. The film concludes with a reconciliation between Angéla and Émile and a famous bit of wordplay: after Émile calls her "infamous" ( infâme ), she retorts, "No, I am a woman" ( je suis une femme ). subtitle A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une ...