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One of the most playful films of the French New Wave, A Woman Is a Woman is both a tribute to and a parody of classic musicals.
Jean-Luc Godard described A Woman Is a Woman as “a neorealist musical—that is a contradiction in terms.” Featuring some of the most iconic superstars of the French New Wave, it is perhaps the warmest and most accessible of the director’s innovative body of work. The film tells the story of an exotic dancer (Anna Karina) as she attempts to have a child with her lover (Jean-Claude Brialy). When he refuses, she becomes torn between him and his best friend (Jean-Paul Belmondo), resulting in a dizzying delight full of color, humor, music, and tributes to cinema itself. Featuring a score by Michel Legrand (best known for his work on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, screening July 6!), the film received the jury prize from the Berlin Film Festival for its “originality, youth, audacity, and impertinence.” In French with English subtitles. (84 mins., 35mm)
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IMAGE CAPTIONA Woman Is a Woman, courtesy of Rialto Pictures.
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FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY National Endowment for the Arts Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Ohio Department of Development Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family Institute of Museum and Library Services Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts CampusParc Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme The Columbus Foundation Axium Packaging Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Nancy Kramer Ohio State Energy Partners Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection Larry and Donna James David Crane and Elizabeth Dang Bruce and Joy Soll Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
A Woman Is a Woman
