Name: A Woman Is a Woman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1961
Rating: 76
Cast: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henri Attal, Karyn Balm

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Is this a tragedy or a comedy? Either way, it's a masterpiece.

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

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Genres: French New Wave Romantic Comedy
Mood: HeartwarmingPlayfulLight-HeartedFunFlirtatious
Themes: Love Conquers AllPursuit Of HappinessUnrequited LoveLove TrianglesEmotional Manipulation
Plot: Marital StrugglesBetrayalLove TriangleJealousyRomantic PursuitRelationship Drama
Pacing: LeisurelyBuilding Suspense
Narrative: Episodic StructureReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Witty BanterPoetic Language
Character Types: EverymanFemme FataleLover
Humor: Situational ComedyBanterCharacter-Based HumorFlirtatious Humor
Time: 1960s
Place: Urban CityscapeNightclubs
Cinematic Style: Surreal ImageryLong TakesUse Of ShadowsColorful PaletteStylized LightingMusical Numbers
Costume and Set: Modern AttirePeriod-Accurate CostumesElaborate Makeup

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Crew

Directed by:

Jean-Luc Godard, Francis Cognany, Raoul Coutard

Written by:

Jean-Luc Godard

Produced by:

Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti

Composed by:

Michel Legrand

Cast

Anna Karina

Angela

Jean-Claude Brialy

Émile Récamier

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Alfred Lubitsch

Henri Attal

Fake Blind #2 (uncredited)

Karyn Balm

(uncredited)

Dorothée Blanck

Prostitute 3 / 'L'Opera Mouffe' shown on TV screen (uncredited)

Catherine Demongeot

Magazine Girl (uncredited)

Marie Dubois

Angela's Friend (uncredited)

Ernest Menzer

Bar Owner (uncredited)

Jeanne Moreau

Self (uncredited)

Gisèle Sandré

Prostitute 2 (uncredited)

Marion Sarraut

Prostitute 1 (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

Fake Blind #1 (uncredited)

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