A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)

Romantic musical comedy was the form of Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman), a French-Italian production from 1961. French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard wrote and directed it. He called it a "New Realist musical"; it is a witty tribute to American musical comedies. It was his first film in colour and in widescreen, and it opened in France on 6 September 1961.

The story unfolds in Paris. Angela, a striptease dancer, wants nothing more than a baby, but the man she lives with, Émile, is reluctant and keeps putting it off. Anna Karina plays Angela and Jean-Claude Brialy plays Émile. Pressed, Émile half-jokingly suggests that she spend a night with his best friend Alfred, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. When Alfred then confesses his love for her, the joke turns serious,and misunderstandings, jealousy and quarrels follow. Jeanne Moreau makes a brief guest appearance.

It was Godard's third feature but reached cinemas second, as Le petit soldat was held back by censors. Georges de Beauregard and Carlo Ponti produced, and Michel Legrand wrote the score. It was shot entirely in Paris in Franscope. Though a commercial failure on release, it was a Golden Bear nominee at the Berlin Film Festival, where Anna Karina won Best Actress and Godard took a special Silver Bear.