One Sings, The Other Doesn't

press release: France | 1977 | DCP | 105 min. | French with English subtitles

Director: Agnès Varda; Cast: Thérèse Liotard, Valérie Mairesse, Robert Dadiès

Varda’s offbeat and upbeat musical tells of the deep bond that develops over ten years between teenaged Pauline (Mairesse) and young mother Suzanne (Liotard). Tracing the dawning of the women’s movement in the late 1960s/early 1970s, One Sings, the Other Doesn’t also finds time for a digressive Middle East adventure! A brand-new digital restoration will be shown.

New French Restorations: Each month of our fall calendar features recently rediscovered gems from French cinema history that will be shown in newly restored versions. Three of the selections, Agnes Varda’s One Sings, the Other Doesn’t, Diane Kurys’ Peppermint Soda and Jacques Rivette’s Duelle, show the directors working in the 1970s and delivering some of their finest achievements. Poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau is represented by his post-war classic Les Parents Terribles, one of only a handful of features Cocteau ever directed.

All Cinematheque screenings are free and open to the public.