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One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

Criterion Collection Edition #978

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1977 • France
Starring Valérie Mairesse, Thérèse Liotard, Ali Raffi

In the early 1960s in Paris, two young women become friends. Pomme is an aspiring singer. Suzanne is a pregnant country girl unable to support a third child. Pomme lends Suzanne the money for an illegal abortion, but a sudden tragedy soon separates them. Ten years later, they reunite at a demonstration and pledge to keep in touch via postcard, as each of their lives is irrevocably changed by the women’s liberation movement. A buoyant hymn to sisterly solidarity rooted in the hard-won victories of a generation of women, ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T is one of Agnès Varda’s warmest and most politically trenchant films, a feminist musical for the ages.

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One Sings, the Other Doesn’t
  • One Sings, the Other Doesn't
    2:01:58
    One Sings, the Other Doesn't

    One Sings, the Other Doesn't

    Directed by Agnès Varda • 1977 • France
    Starring Valérie Mairesse, Thérèse Liotard, Ali Raffi

    In the early 1960s in Paris, two young women become friends. Pomme is an aspiring singer. Suzanne is a pregnant country girl unable to support a third child. Pomme lends Suzanne the money for an illegal...

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    Nausicaa

    Nausicaa

    Agnès Varda wrote the script of this semi-autobiographical love story, a reaction to the military putsch in Greece, in 1967. After receiving approval to shoot the film for French television in 1970, her elements were confiscated, her postproduction lab was broken into, and the entire film was eve...

  • Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda
    47:28
    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

    This 1977 documentary by Katja Raganelli features an interview with director Agnès Varda, filmed on the set of ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T and at her home in Paris, plus brief interviews with actors Valérie Mairesse and Thérèse Liotard.

  • RÉPONSE DE FEMMES Introduction
    01:27
    RÉPONSE DE FEMMES Introduction

    RÉPONSE DE FEMMES Introduction

  • Réponse de femmes
    09:02
    Réponse de femmes

    Réponse de femmes

    Directed by Agnès Varda • 1975 • France
    Starring Agnès Varda

    This 1975 short film by Agnès Varda was commissioned by the French television channel Antenne 2, which asked seven female filmmakers each to make a film in response to the question “What is a woman?”

  • PLAISIR D’AMOUR EN IRAN Introduction
    01:06
    PLAISIR D’AMOUR EN IRAN Introduction

    PLAISIR D’AMOUR EN IRAN Introduction

  • Plaisir d’amour en Iran
    06:45
    Plaisir d’amour en Iran

    Plaisir d’amour en Iran

    Directed by Agnès Varda • 1977 • France
    Starring Valérie Mairesse, Ali Rafie

    In this 1977 short film by Agnès Varda, Pauline and Darius explore the city of Isfahan, Iran.

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