Une Femme ou Deux is a French

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 film

Film

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 made in 1985

1985 in film

-Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie...

. It is a comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 which lasts about 97 mins. It was directed by Daniel Vigne who was also the screenwriter along with Elizabeth Rappeneau.

The cast

Cast member

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 included Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor...

, Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

, Ruth Westheimer

Ruth Westheimer

Ruth Westheimer is an American sex therapist, media personality, and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, the New York Times described her as a "Sorbonne-trained psychologist who became a kind of cultural icon in the 1980s...

, Michel Aumont, Zabou

Isabelle Breitman

Zabou Breitman born Isabelle Breitman is a French actress and director of Jewish origin, known as Zabou or Zabou Breitman. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At age four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Zabou has acted in dozens of roles in films, TV...

, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Yann Babilée. Produced by Michel Choquet, the music scores were from Kevin Mulligan

Kevin Mulligan

Kevin Mulligan is a British philosopher, working on ontology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of logic....

, Evert Verhees and Jean Thielemans.

Plot

Gérard Depardieu makes an archeological find of a two-million year old French woman which he calls Laura. He is approached and conned by an American advertising executive Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...

, masquerading as a charity organisation executive in order to use the woman for her own perfume advertising campaign. Later the real charity organisation executive Ruth Westheimer

Ruth Westheimer

Ruth Westheimer is an American sex therapist, media personality, and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, the New York Times described her as a "Sorbonne-trained psychologist who became a kind of cultural icon in the 1980s...

turns up ... it all develops from there.

External links

• Timeout film guide 13!