One Sings, the Other Doesn't
1977 · Movie · NR · 122 min · ★ 7.1 · 79% critics
Set in France across the 1960s and 1970s, this drama follows two women whose lives reconnect over the years as they navigate friendship, family, work, and personal freedom. Against the rise of the women’s movement, their bond helps each of them shape a different path through adulthood.
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Details
- Original title
- L'une chante, l'autre pas
- Years
- 1977
- Release date
- 1977-03-09
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (116 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like intimate, decades-spanning stories about friendship, identity, and social change, especially with a gentle, low-key style; Not for you if you want a tight plot or dislike folk-inflected musical moments.
Pros: warm friendship story; thoughtful feminist themes; gentle, vital tone | Cons: loose pacing; songs may divide; somewhat long feel
Themes
- woman director
- feminizm
- kadın yönetmen
- yeni dalga
- kürtaj
Cast & crew
Thérèse Liotard
as Suzanne
Valérie Mairesse
as Pauline aka Pomme
- RD
Robert Dadiès
as Jérôme
- MM
Mona Mairesse
as Pomme's Mother
Francis Lemaire
as Pomme's Father
- FC
François Courbin
as Mathieu (9 months)
- SW
Salomé Wimille
as Marie (3 years)
- NC
Nicole Clément
as Philosophy Teacher
Patricia Cartier
as Chorus Friend
Sapho
as Painted Chorus Girl
Directed by Agnès Varda