Pera Film

A woman is a Woman

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo
France, 1961, 85'
French with Turkish subtitles

With A Woman is a Woman, 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, the film is a sly, playful tribute to-and interrogation of-the American musical comedy, showcasing Godard's signature wit and intellectual acumen. A dizzying compendium of color, humor, and the music of renowned composer Michel Legrand, finds the young Godard at his warmest and most accessible, reveling in and scrutinizing the mechanics of his great obsession: the cinema.