A Woman Is A Woman

Godard's third feature film and his first in color, A WOMAN IS A WOMAN is one of the most enjoyable of all the master's works. Taking an extremely lighthearted approach, it bursts with a passion for the medium of film expressed in every shot. The plot is very simple and could almost be taken for homage to Hollywood musical comedy, but homage seems much too tacky a term to express the fascination Godard had and the playful manner in which he approached this film. Karina (Godard's wife at the time) plays a stripper living with her boyfriend (Brialy), who refuses to marry her in spite of her expressed desire to have a child. Using an old feminine ploy, she starts to t...