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One Sings, the Other Doesn't

1977 · 122 min

A warm, meandering portrait of friendship and womanhood, blending song and social history with gentle intimacy.

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès

Tagline: You are not born a woman… you become one.
Overview: The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.

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Directed by: Agnès Varda
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
gender
freedom
family
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, music
Directed by: Agnès Varda
Written by: Agnès Varda
Starring: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès, Mona Mairesse, Francis Lemaire, François Courbin, Salomé Wimille, Nicole Clément
Music: François Wertheimer
Cinematography: Charles Van Damme
Runtime: 122 min
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands Antilles
Languages: French, English, Dutch, Persian

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