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One Sings, the Other Doesn't

Original title: L'une chante, l'autre pas

You are not born a woman… you become one.

  • Movie
  • 1977
  • NR
  • 2h 2m

Directed by Agnès Varda

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 126 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Thérèse Liotard

    Thérèse LiotardSuzanne

  • Valérie Mairesse

    Valérie MairessePauline aka Pomme

  • Robert DadièsJérôme

  • Mona MairessePomme's Mother

  • Francis Lemaire

    Francis LemairePomme's Father

  • François CourbinMathieu (9 months)

  • Salomé WimilleMarie (3 years)

  • Nicole ClémentPhilosophy Teacher

  • Patricia Cartier

    Patricia CartierChorus Friend

  • Sapho

    SaphoPainted Chorus Girl

  • Dane PorretRocker Yéyé

  • Françoise Bette

    Françoise BetteConcierge

  • Fred MaubertCommissioner

  • Gisèle Halimi

    Gisèle HalimiGisèle Halimi

  • Dominique DucrosMarie (13 years)

  • Ali Rafie

    Ali RafieDarius

  • François GibertFrançois I, the Guitarist

  • Marion HänselPregnant Tightrope Walker

Director
Agnès Varda
Writer
Agnès Varda
Music
François Wertheimer
Cinematography
Charles Van Damme