One sings; the other doesn't. None of that matters. In Ms. Varda's world, an ideal yet to be realized, they are the same -- root and stock. They are women.

It's light, easy on the eye, and almost guaranteed to leave everyone in an ebullient mood.

While One Sings, the Other Doesn't is obviously a strong personal statement about women now, it is so beautifully particularized by the storyteller and her principals that it is a demonstration and never a lecture.

You could call the film a feminist musical but it’s also a touching film about friendship, sisterhood, and creating a meaningful life for oneself, and Varda’s portrait empathizes with almost every character in the film.