A woman is a woman (1961) (Criterion Collection)

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With A Woman Is a Woman (Une Femme est une femme), compulsively innovative director Jean-Luc Godard presents 'a neorealist musical - that is, a contradiction in terms'. Featuring French superstars Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jean-Claude Brialy at their peak of popularity, A Woman Is a Woman is a sly, playful tribute to - and interrogation of - the American musical comedy, showcasing Godard's signature wit and intellectual acumen. The film tells the story of exotic dancer Angéla as she attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover, Émile. In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend, Alfred. A dizzying compendium of color, humor, and the music of renowned composer Michel Legrand, A Woman Is a Woman finds the young Godard at his warmest and most accessible, reveling in and scrutinizing the mechanics of his great obsession: the cinema.

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