Friday, November 16, 2012

A Woman is a Woman (French- 1961)


 Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Actors: Anna Karina (Angela), Jean Paul Belmondo (Alfred), Jean-Claude Brialy (Émile)


This is a French New Wave movie. This is the first movie for Godard and first in color and Cinemascope. French filmmakers of 1950-1960s were influenced by Italian Neorealism and Hollywood and so the French New Wave was created.
Angela is an [exotic] dancer who is in a relationship with Emile. She wants to have a child but he does not. The movie goes on to show the intrinsic relationship as Angela includes her friend Alfred as a possible candidate to father her child.

I was surprised by the nudity, however I expected it from the era. The movie was too choppy for my taste and some scenes had worse transitions than others. Intersting but not a movie I would watch again.

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