Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
A short documentary by Agnès Varda exploring femininity through candid interviews, this carries Varda's unmistakably personal and humanist voice. Its novelty is high given Varda's singular observational approach and the intimacy she draws from her subjects at a pivotal moment in feminist discourse. The cinematography is quietly assured but modest in scope. The 'acting' (i.e., the naturalness of interview subjects) is uneven as is typical of documentary. The ending, as with many short documentaries, arrives without strong resolution. The overall feel is thoughtful but slight given its brief runtime.