One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

Agnes Varda’s study of pen pals (Valerie Mairesse, Therese Liotard) whose correspondence tells of their adventures on the road to self-discovery. Darius: Ali Raffi. Jerome: Robert Dadies. Pierre: Jean-Pierre Pellegrin. Pomme’s Father: Francis Lemaire. Gisele Halimi: Herself., In this story of friendship and reproductive rights, 14 years in the relationship between two very dissimilar women are chronicled. Pauline (Valerie Mairesse) is a middle-class city girl, at odds with her very conventional family. Suzanne (Therese Liotard) is several years older, a country girl with two illegitimate children and another (whom she cannot support) on the way. Pauline loans Suzanne money for an (illegal) abortion. At this point, the two separate and communicate mainly through postcards. Some years later, they meet at an abortion rally, and they have many adventures and stories to share with one another.