One Sings, the Other Doesn't

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

You are not born a woman… you become one.

Directed by Agnès Varda

Produced by Ciné-Tamaris, Paradise Films

1977122 min7.2 / 10

A warm, intimate portrait of female friendship and self-determination across a decade of social change, grounded in the lived realities of women navigating autonomy, motherhood, and identity.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does One Sings, the Other Doesn't end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is One Sings, the Other Doesn't easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is One Sings, the Other Doesn't scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is One Sings, the Other Doesn't violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is One Sings, the Other Doesn't sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

54/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity51

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise39

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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