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  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Angela, an afternoon stripper in the sleazy Zodiac Club, yearns for motherhood "just because," but live-in boyfriend Jean-Claude Brialy "isn't ready yet," though hanger-on Jean-Paul Belmondo is more than happy to help out. (Film Forum)

Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard

Written By: Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Luc Godard

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 25 m
A Woman Is a Woman
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary Angela, an afternoon stripper in the sleazy Zodiac Club, yearns for motherhood "just because," but live-in boyfriend Jean-Claude Brialy "isn't ready yet," though hanger-on Jean-Paul Belmondo is more than happy to help out. (Film Forum)

Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard

Written By: Geneviève Cluny, Jean-Luc Godard

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100
Moves us now because it's so playful and the players are so young - and because later, when Godard tried to play for keeps, in his self-consciously radical films of the late '60s and '70s, he began to lose his game.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
88
The most playful film to come out of the French New Wave, it's also the last time Jean-Luc Godard appeared to have any fun.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
80
Godard's third feature film and his first in color, A Woman is a Woman is one of the most enjoyable of all the master's works.
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70
There are a couple of absurdly nonchalant song-and-dance sequences, though mostly, Michel Legrand's sumptuous music swells in anticipation of showstoppers that never happen.
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60
Only intermittently bright. Too much homage to Yank musicals and comedies point up the lack of polish.
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60
Godard light, but not lite: Its breezy postures front for melancholia.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW
40
What may have seemed energetic and innovative four decades ago is fairly enervated today, and only the most rabid Godard fanatics will find reason to seek out its new theatrical re-release.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.0
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21% Mixed
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21% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Euro International Films, Rome Paris Films
Release Date May 16, 2003
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://rialtopictures.com/femme.html
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cahiers du Cinéma
• 1 Nomination

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