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One Sings, the Other Doesn't(1977)
Status: Released
Date: 1977-03-09
71%
99 Votes
Time: 2h 2m
You are not born a woman… you become one.
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.
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Persian.
Countries:
Belgium,
France,
Venezuela
ProductionCompanies: 
INLC
Paradise
Movie: One Sings, the Other Doesn't
Top 10 Billed Cast
Thérèse Liotard
Suzanne
Valérie Mairesse
Pauline aka Pomme
Francis Lemaire
Pomme's Father
Patricia Cartier
Chorus Friend
Sapho
Painted Chorus Girl
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