A Woman Is a Woman
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard Run Time: 83 min. Release Year: 1961 Language: French
Starring: Anna Karina, Henri Attal, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Karyn Balm
Delight in Jean-Luc Godard’s A Woman Is a Woman, a playful and unconventional homage to the American musical and a bold experiment in the language of cinema presented in a new 4K restoration!
The film follows Angela (Anna Karina), a vivacious Parisian striptease artist who desperately wants to have a child. However, her boyfriend Émile (Jean-Claude Brialy) is reluctant, leading Angela to flirt with his best friend Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo) in an attempt to provoke jealousy and perhaps find a willing father. Blending humor, romance, and self-aware cinematic tricks, Godard deconstructs genre conventions with his signature jump cuts, bold color compositions, and fourth-wall-breaking dialogue.
A vibrant and whimsical work, A Woman Is a Woman remains a landmark of the French New Wave, showcasing Karina’s captivating screen presence and Godard’s playful reinvention of storytelling.