A Woman Is a Woman

Sep 6, 1961

1h 23m

★ 7.3

Is this a tragedy or a comedy? Either way, it's a masterpiece.

Overview

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Euro International Films

Rome-Paris Films

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Cast

Angela

Anna Karina

Émile Récamier

Jean-Claude Brialy

Alfred Lubitsch

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Fake Blind #2 (uncredited)

Henri Attal

(uncredited)

Karyn Balm

Prostitute 3 / 'L'Opera Mouffe' shown on TV screen (uncredited)

Dorothée Blanck

Magazine Girl (uncredited)

Catherine Demongeot

Angela's Friend (uncredited)

Marie Dubois

Bar Owner (uncredited)

Ernest Menzer

Self (uncredited)

Jeanne Moreau

Suzanne (uncredited)

Nicole Paquin

Prostitute 2 (uncredited)

Gisèle Sandré

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