One Sings, the Other Doesn't
09/03/1977
2h 2m
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
Cast
Thérèse Liotard
Suzanne
Valérie Mairesse
Pauline aka Pomme
Robert Dadiès
Jérôme
Mona Mairesse
Pomme's Mother
Francis Lemaire
Pomme's Father
François Courbin
Mathieu (9 months)
Salomé Wimille
Marie (3 years)
Nicole Clément
Philosophy Teacher
Patricia Cartier
Chorus Friend
Sapho
Painted Chorus Girl
Dane Porret
Rocker Yéyé
Françoise Bette
Concierge
Fred Maubert
Commissioner
Gisèle Halimi
Gisèle Halimi
Dominique Ducros
Marie (13 years)
Ali Rafie
Darius
François Gibert
François I, the Guitarist
Marion Hänsel
Pregnant Tightrope Walker
Jean Van Der Swalnen
Suzanne's Father
Gilette Barbier
Suzanne's Mother
Isabelle Eduards
Marie (5 years)
Frédéric Boyot
Mathieu (2½ years)
Gilberte Sallé
Social Worker
Élise
The One with Stage Fright
Jean-Pierre Pellegrin
Dr. Pierre Aubanel
Laurent Plagne
Mathieu (11 and 15 years)
Bénédicte Charonnet
Carla, Marie's Friend
Evelyne Tonietto
Evelyne (Planning)
Élise Beltrame
Élise
Josette
Waitress
Lucia
The One Who Doesn't Know
Elsa
The One Who Tells Suzanne Off
Jeanine Braendlin
The One Who Challenges the Song
Joëlle Papineau
Joëlle
Micou Papineau
Micou
Doudou Greffier
Doudou
François Wertheimer
François II, the Flutist
Mathieu Demy
Zorro, his Son
Laetitia Rojas
Suzanne (2 years)
Rosalie Varda
Marie (17 years)
Agnès Varda
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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