One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)

FrenchFilm1977122 minDrama, Music★ 7.2/10

You are not born a woman… you become one.

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.

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Starring

Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès

Music

François Wertheimer

Released

1977-03-09

Original title

L'une chante, l'autre pas

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