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L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977)

Directed by Agnès Varda · Cinematography by Charles Van Damme

120 min56 frames

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L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A dimly lit train compartment with dark wall paneling behind the seated subjects. A young…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: wide — A group of women in flowing white dresses stand before a painted cloth backdrop. The setting is…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — Three women in embroidered white blouses stand in front of a painted rainbow wall. Floating…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A cluttered photography studio space with numerous black and white prints taped to windows. A…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — Two women sit in front of a heavily patterned, intricately woven antique wall tapestry. One…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A woman sits on a bed covered in a pink blanket against patterned wallpaper. She writes on a…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — Three people sit on the ground against a weathered white wooden door in an alley. The woman…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — An interior space displays a wall covered in numerous framed black and white portraits. A man…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — An interior alcove features large windows adorned with numerous vintage postcards and printed…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: fullbody — A group of young musicians stands against a textured concrete wall on a city sidewalk. The…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A woman walks along a paved sidewalk bordered by a plain building wall. Golden hour light…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A vintage sepia-toned photograph of two children is pinned to a plain gray surface.…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: medium — A woman crouches beside a gnarled tree on a lush green riverbank. The river flows in the…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: wide — An arid, sandy landscape features undulating earthen mounds under a hazy sky. A man sits atop…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: closeup — A collection of vintage photographic prints is taped and layered onto a glass window pane.…L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) movie still: fullbody — A spare interior space with blue-tinted walls is decorated with several framed…
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L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas — official trailer

What is L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas about?

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.

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What does the cinematography of L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas look like?

Across 56 sampled frames, L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas builds its coverage from medium shots (61% of the sample), with wide compositions (21%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Charles Van Damme keeps 64% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 55% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of L’une Chante, l’Autre Pas (1977) are #322f2e, #53554c, #f4f4f4, #d0d0cd, #a8988b, #506f8f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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