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{{Infobox film 
 | name = A Woman Is a Woman
 | image = 1961 Une femme est une femme.jpg
 | caption = Film poster
 | director = [[Jean-Luc Godard]]
 | producer = [[Carlo Ponti]]<br/>[[Georges de Beauregard]]
 | writer = Jean-Luc Godard
 | starring = [[Jean-Claude Brialy]]<br/>[[Anna Karina]]<br/>[[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]
 | music = [[Michel Legrand]]
 | cinematography = [[Raoul Coutard]]
 | editing = [[Agnès Guillemot]]<br/>[[Lila Herman]]
 | distributor =
 | released = 6 September 1961
 | runtime = 85 minutes
 | country = France
 | language = French
 | budget = $160,000 (estimated)
|gross = 549,931 admissions (France)<ref>[http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425 Box office information for Jean Paul Belmondo films] at Box Office Story</ref>
}}
'''''A Woman Is a Woman''''' ({{lang-fr|'''Une femme est une femme'''}}) is a 1961 French film directed by [[Jean-Luc Godard]], featuring [[Anna Karina]], [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] and [[Jean-Claude Brialy]]. It is a tribute to American [[musical comedy]] and associated with the [[French New Wave]]. It is notable for being the first film [[Jean-Luc Godard]] shot in color and [[Cinemascope]].

==Plot==
The film centers on the relationship of exotic dancer Angéla (Karina) and her lover Émile (Brialy). Angéla wants to have a child, but Émile isn't ready. Émile's best friend Alfred (Belmondo) also says he loves Angéla, and keeps up a gentle pursuit. Angéla and Émile have their arguments about the matter; at one point, as they have decided not to speak with each other, they pull books from the shelf and, pointing to the titles, continue their argument. Since Émile stubbornly refuses her request for a child, Angéla finally decides to accept Alfred's plea and sleeps with him. Since she shows she will do what she needs to have a child, she and Émile finally make up so that he might have a chance to become the father. The two have sex, then engage in a bit of wordplay that gives the film its title: an exasperated Émile says "''Angéla, tu es infâme''" ("Angela, you are horrid"), and she retorts, "''Non, je suis une femme''" ("No, I am a woman").<ref>{{cite book |title=Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nf_uKU6bYRYC&pg=PA110#v=onepage&q&f=false |first=Richard |last=Brody |year=2008}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Anna Karina]] - Angela Récamier 
* [[Jean-Claude Brialy]] - Émile  
* [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]] - Alfred Lubitsch 
* [[Henri Attal]] - Faux aveugle #2 (uncredited)
* [[Karyn Balm]] - (uncredited)
* [[Dorothée Blank]] - Prostitute 3 (uncredited)
* [[Marie Dubois]] - Angela's friend (uncredited)
* [[Ernest Menzer]] - Bar Owner (uncredited)
* [[Jeanne Moreau]] - Woman in Bar (herself)
* [[Nicole Paquin]] - Suzanne (uncredited)
* [[Gisèle Sandré]] - Prostitute 2 (uncredited)
* [[Marion Sarraut]] - Prostitute 1 (uncredited)
* [[Dominique Zardi]] - Faux aveugle #1 (uncredited)

==Awards==
* [[11th Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="berlinale 1961">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1961/03_preistr_ger_1961/03_Preistraeger_1961.html |title=Berlinale 1961: Prize Winners |accessdate=2010-01-24 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
** [[Silver Bear for Best Actress]] (Karina - won)
** Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize (won)
** [[Golden Bear]] (nominated)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0055572|title=A Woman Is a Woman}}
*[http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/une-femme-est-une-femme-1961.html ''A Woman is a Woman''] at Le Film Guide
* {{Amg movie|55077|A Woman Is a Woman}}
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=238&eid=361&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by J. Hoberman]

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[[Category:1960s romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:Film scores by Michel Legrand]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard]]
[[Category:Films set in Paris]]
[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:French-language films]]
[[Category:French musical films]]
[[Category:1960s musical comedy films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Carlo Ponti]]


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