Synopsis
“
Varda’s most overtly feminist film,
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t follows the lives of two very different women over the course of two decades: Pomme, a middle-class rebel whose singing career coincides with her radicalization and Suzanne, a young working-class mother whose financial hardships bring about her activism. Out of their friendship,
Varda crafts a buoyant portrait of
French feminism in the 1970s, capturing the optimism and energy of the moment. While the utopian period captured by the film has surely passed, the delicacy of
Varda’s approach renders the film a timeless and poignant reminder of an age past.” – Harvard Film Archive
