One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

Pauline, a 17-year-old rebellious girl, sings in her high school club and wants to drop out. Suzanne, 22, has to raise alone her 2 children. As the 60’s explode, they both fight for becoming women.

L'Une chante l'autre pas
France, Belgium 1977
  • Czech
128 min.
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  • This film is available until 31. 3. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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The intertwined lives of two women, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnès Varda was involved. Two young girls live in Paris in 1962. Pauline (17), a student, dreams of leaving her family to become a singer. Suzanne (22) is looking after her two children and coping with the tragedy of their father's suicide. Life separates them; each lives her own struggle as a woman. Pauline became a singer in a militant travelling band after a difficult marriage in Iran. Suzanne has worked her way out of poverty and now works at Family Planning. Ten years later, they meet again at a feminist demonstration. At the end of this chronicle, we find them together again, with their grown-up children.

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Credits
Director: Agnès Varda
Screenplay: Agnès Varda
Cinematography: Charles Van Damme
Music: François Wertheimer
Sound: Henri Morelle
Editing: Joële Van Effenterre, Patricia Mazuy
Production Design: Franckie Diago
Costumes: Franckie Diago
Cast: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès, Mona Mairesse, Francis Lemaire, François Courbin, Ali Rafie, Gisèle Halimi, Salomé Wimille, Nicole Clément
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  • This film is available until 31. 3. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.