The Feminist Perspective in Agnès Varda’s One Sings, the Other Doesn’t

Abstract

Varda’s most overtly feminist film, One Sings, the Other Doesn’t follows the friendship of two very different women over the course of two decades. This paper is going to analyze the narrative structure of the film from the perspective of feminism, applying Beauvoir’s feminist theory and Shendan’s theory of “implicit process” to the characters of Pauline and Suzanne; Meanwhile, the paper is going to relate the film to the background of Varda’s creation with the analysis of Varda’s creation of women. As a feminist, Varda’s protests are never silent. The “hidden process” that exists underneath the surface, superficial and straightforward narrative content is more worthy of attention and analysis.