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One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)

NR ★ 7.1/10 122 min Drama, Music Belgium, France, Netherlands Antilles French
Director: Agnès Varda
Writer: Agnès Varda
Lyricist: Agnès Varda
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You are not born a woman… you become one.

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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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Thérèse Liotard
Thérèse Liotard Suzanne
Valérie Mairesse
Valérie Mairesse Pauline aka Pomme
Robert Dadiès Jérôme
Mona Mairesse Pomme's Mother
Francis Lemaire
Francis Lemaire Pomme's Father
François Courbin Mathieu (9 months)
Salomé Wimille Marie (3 years)
Nicole Clément Philosophy Teacher

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