Varda’s most overtly feminist film, L’une chante, l’autre pas follows the friendship of two very different women over the course of two decades. Pomme is a middle-class rebel whose singing career coincides with her radicalization; Suzanne is a young working-class mother whose financial hardships bring about her activism. Using her trademark blend of fiction and documentary to underscore the historical importance of the nascent women’s movement in France, Varda crafts an uplifting portrait of feminism in the 1970s, capturing the optimism and buoyancy of the moment.