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Movie poster: One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
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One Sings, the Other Doesn't

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1977 · 122 min Drama Music
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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Original Title L'une chante, l'autre pas
Year 1977
Country Belgium, France, Netherlands Antilles
Genre Drama, Music
Director Agnès Varda
Runtime 122 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (112 votes)

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This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Agnès Varda

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

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