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

THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

TO A WOMAN IS A WOMAN

FOR ITS ORIGINALITY, YOUTHFULNESS, DARING AND IMPERTINENCE.

ANNA KARINA

FOR A DISPLAY OF QUALITIES

RARE IN A NEWCOMER.

ONCE

UPON A TIME

Coffee, very white.

A coffee, green.

What time is it?

5:30.

It’s too hot. Gotta run.

I’M EXPECTING A BABY

SLEEPING BEAUTY

How about this?

You don’t have anything sexier?

Let’s go, children.

Hi.

Still mad?

- No, precious. - Then you love me?

Yes...

my precious!

Look.

What a pretty postcard, Emile.

Why are you crying?

Because I’d like to be

both yellow animals at the same time.

Always asking for the impossible.

I’ll take my drum and beat it.

Hi, Angela.

You look so sad.

Not at all.

We have to talk.

Go take a long walk somewhere else.

This is serious.

I don’t have time. I’m late.

What’re you thinking?

Nothing.

I think I exist.

There she goes.

Hurry, Angela.

Hi, kids.

Happy unbirthday.

Got my newspaper for the horoscope?

Read mine: Virgo.

- You go on before Daniele, so hurry. - What for?

Ask Luciano.

- A pack of Gitanes. - Ten francs.

You’ll get your money.

Dominique out of the hospital? - She has your thingamajig.

What’s this? It’s so cute.

I got it at the department store.

Really cute.

Did you read the horoscope?

"Virgo...

Romance: A blessed event is on the way."

No kidding.

This is great.

Seen my new act?

Watch this.

Great.

Did you go to the Champs Elysees?

- Why not? - Because.

- Meaning? - There are more important things to do.

Hurry, Angela. You’re on soon.

- Here I am. - I have your thing.

- How does it work? - It’s easy.

I’ll put it in the drawer.

Okay.

You’ll be like the man who saw the man

who saw the man who saw the man

who saw the bear.

"Creations of art are the 40 days of nature’s glorious life."

People usually admire

That tower built by Eiffel

But I’d rather take in

Angela, who’s an eyeful

People always wonder why

Men go crazy when I walk by

It’s simple, really

The truth is plain to see

I’ve got breasts to make men holler

And eyes like purple gems

A little sailor’s collar

And panties made of...

I just hate it when it’s early

And I’m pulled out of the sack

I just love it when

Someone strokes my back

I’m the kind who always says: Yessiree

When a fella says: C’mon, sweetie

Because when a guy gets amorous

That’s no time to make a fuss

I’m not the kind of girl to behave

I’m really very cruel

But men never rant and rave

Because I am

Beauti...

ful

- Let me try. - Sure.

Great.

How does it work?

I’m for the rhythm method.

- Really? - It worked for Cherie’s kid.

Don’t listen to her. This is scientific.

Bianchini wants girls for Marseilles. A 400 francs salary.

- Sign here. - Can I bring my iron?

- Where will we stay? - At a hotel.

- Can we do laundry? - Sure.

Coming, Angela? - I don’t want to.

Anyway, I hate the Riviera.

Red stocking, bluestocking.

You, Angela, no time?

Me, Angela, no time.

- Me? - Yes, you.

You owe the Hotel Bikini 520 francs?

- Me? - July 9.

You left without paying the bill.

Wait. I’ll tell you.

I write down everything I do.

October, September...

July...

July 20.

July 9.

You’ve got it all wrong.

"10:00 a.m.: Call Paul to play cards.

Noon...

lunch at the snack bar.

5:30..."

You’re right.

"Left Hotel Bikini without paying."

So you gonna pay up?

No, never.

Jerk.

- Creep. - Son of a bitch.

- Pain in the ass. - Shithead.

- Wandering Jew. - Fascist.

Pervert.

Why didn’t you wait for me?

I have important things to do.

Isn’t it important that I want you?

Funny, isn’t it?

It’s darker now than an hour ago.

It’s not funny.

Then it’s not funny.

Then why say it’s funny?

I don’t know. I’m sad.

You’re a funny girl.

How’s Agnes doing? Did she have her baby?

Dunno. It’s none of my business now.

You’re a funny guy.

You really don’t care if I’m interested in you?

In French, if the adjective comes after the noun instead of before,

is the meaning the same?

What d’you mean?

For example,

is a "blessed event"

the same as "an event that’s blessed"?

Is that why you’re sad?

Then why?

Because I’d like to be in a musical comedy

starring Cyd Charisse

and Gene Kelly.

Choreography...

by Bob Fosse.

What now?

You didn’t say good-bye.

Missed.

Yesterday you asked why I love Emile and not you.

Because he’s handsome and clever. You’re not.

I’m very clever.

Really?

I bet you can’t do everything I can.

Try me.

Thanks for the roast.

You’re welcome, Mrs. Recamier.

I’ve got something to tell you.

Not now.

"Madam...

the Cycle Day Indicator

enables you to determine,

with scientific precision,

the days when you’re fertile."

"With scientific precision."

"Hold the white ring

between the fingers of your left hand.

Turn the black cylinder...

with your right hand...

until the triangle is opposite

the zero."

"The days you can conceive

will now appear in the window of the cylinder."

November 10.

What’s today?

What’s that scarf?

I treated myself to an early Christmas gift.

Here’s your Marie-Claire.

- Is the match over? - What match?

Goddamn it, Angela!