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                           A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
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STARS...........: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo
DIRECTOR........: Jean-Luc Godard
WRITERS.........: Jean-Luc Godard, Geneviève Cluny (original story)
GENRE...........: Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDB............: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055572
RUNTIME.........: 1h 23mn
SIZE............: 4.84 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 8000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1920x826
ASPECT RATIO....: 2.35:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: French FLAC 1.0
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Studio Canal Blu-ray, Criterion DVD
ENCODE DATE.....: 2022-09-12


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 (Karina) as she attempts to have a child with her unwilling lover Émile (Brialy). In the process, she finds herself torn between him and his best friend Alfred (Belmondo). 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.


Extras

• Introduction by Colin McCabe
• Anna Karina Interview
• Production Photo Gallery
• Charlotte et Véronique ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick - 1957 short film by Godard [Criterion]
• Qui êtes-vous Anna Karina? - Excerpts from a 1966 TV interview with Karina, Brialy, and Serge Gainsbourg [Criterion]
• Original Theatrical Trailer [Criterion]
• Production and Poster gallery [Criterion]
• Audio promotional recording for the film from 10" vinyl [Criterion]