The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 52

6-D THE MIAMI HERALD Friday Feb 24 1978 WINKLER SAT SUN $150 SALLY FIELD HERO? PG I cfl Slats NOW III PERSON Oil STAGE 30-83' FOREMOST HUMORIST IRDYKOM COMEM pi Lonely? Read Singles every Saturday in The Miami Herald for advice on how to cope with being single 01 1 Key MARIA IIEGLIA BILL KAPLIH BEACH ORCH PLUS A FEATURE FILM 7M EXCLUSIVE BOOKING BY ARIE KADURI AGENC Laced with larceny loaded with laughter! For 1 0 of the action rec frerrQrl' con her own a- -groiidrhother! SHUTS FBI MAR 3 SPECIAL GUEST STAR JACKIE MASON SHOW IIMIVERSAL STUDIOS TOUR AN MCA COMPANY VVhpti in Southern California visit A TRUE LOVE STORY For everyone who believes in happy endings The continuing true story ofJillKinmont a woman with enough courage for ten lifetimes and a man with enough love to carry them both WALT Disney PRODUCTIONS DAVID HiLCM JODIC UO NiVCN HAYCS FOSTER McKCRN WHERE MYSTERIOUS THINGS HAPPEN BfflJarteW swdsa' SPICKLES iffiH ATIVOOLL iiD SWIFT rose av" SISSON Asfcteib R0f( lllER riaon TECHNICOLOR OTHER SIDE OF THE PART MARILYN IIASSETT TIMOTHY BOTTOMS A FILMWAYS PRODUCTION A LARRY PEERCE-EDWARD FELDMAN FILM Written by DOUGLAS DAY STEWART Music by LEE HOLDRIDGE Directed by LARRY PEERCE Produced by EDWARD FELDMAN A UNIVERSAL PICTURE marrv PGfPlHIUl SUIOillCt SUGGESTIONS iAt Mr ft br i By CANDICE RUSSELL Herald Staff writer One Sings the Other Doesn't the feminist film about friendship frdm Agnes Varda is both engrossing and deeply flawed In her earnest- ness to make a iinwir statement about MOYIl the choices women face dur- REVIEW ingyoungadalt- hood the French director has short-changed the validity of choo-ing career over family or vice-versa Still and perhaps because so few movies have been made about the subject of women on the brink of momentous decisions we are captivated by Varda's observations At the same time the movie makes us mindful of how far the medium has yet to come in exploring the psyche' of women The fact is One Sings the Other Doesn't points up just how little weakness women have or can afford Though script is problematic she has written a tribute to the capacity of her characters to withstand the vagaries of affairs marriages and career setbacks In this sense it is positive and reason enough to be strongly endorsed by groups BUT SHE sacrifices a consistency of story and character development to make her points basically that motherhood feminism and a career are compatible In a film less important for what it says than the fact that it touches a neglected confusing subject Varda begins with two women in 1962 Pauline (Valerie Mariesse) 17 goes to school and lives at home until she meets Suzanne 22 a neighbor and friend from her past who needs all the help she can offer The latter is mired in a bad relationship with a failed photographer who has given her two small children and made her pregnant with a third The bold and untraditional Pauline gets the money needed for abortion It is the first of many acts of friendship that bind the women through the years Pauline leaves her family and school to start a singing career At the photography studio of boyfriend they discover that he has hanged himself THE CHANGES that the friends put themselves through are equal to the changes life forces upon them Victims sometimes victors others they are admirable in their ability to survive Suzanne especially exemplifies resiliency and strength of character by going to live with her unloving parents on their farm She has no money and no other means of getting on her feet The growth of the whimsical Pauline involves love then marriage to an Iranian man and a brief ill-fated stay in his country Pregnant she decides to return to France Since her husband wants to remain in Iran with their newborn son Pauline works out a deal go stay in France and give up the baby only if she can become pregnant again and keep the second child point seems to be that the options a woman can exercise in her life are many not necessarily morally right or wrong but true to the individual's needs It hurts the film that the careers of the women are rather haphazard Valerie chooses a singing career in a lousy female rock group that does didactic obnoxious feminist songs And Pauline goes to work in a family planning center counseling women not to have children they want The philosophical evolution of the friends underlines what Varda thinks about women HELD OVER FOR 2ND BIG WEEK TWIN GABLES-! 1 i SUUfH -Ur VILLAGE SHORES) SUNILAND-1 i446 49iL ST SAjG-J ffli 3JBQ STATntl FLORIDA-1 MELD OVER CHECK MOVIE TIME CLOCK FOR FEATURE TIMES GOLDEN GLADES) I WEST DRIVE-tS I $401 HW 1071H ST I 621-6311 AMrRICAN MULTI OMNI 6 101 SISCATNI tlVO 358-2304 GFNLRALCiNLMA X70TH ST TWIN I 17030 COLLINS M8 945-1791 DADELAND i'wn rvo 7740 SW 88 ST 279-9930 NO PASSES OR DISCOUNTS including ONE SINGS THE OTHER DOESN'T Is unrated It contains female nudity and a hanging It plays at the Grove Cinema 3199 Grand Ave Coconut Grove HOW PUTINS 2 BIG HITS TURNPIKE drive: in 13850 NW 27TH AVI 681-3162 OURNING NEWMAN BEST DIRECTOR-George Lucas cMlILEKMflPl rirtTMIIL $a7th-T SWEET CAKES JENNIFER WELLES SERENA LINDA WONG Plus 2nd Feature HELRSSTOPJ TOOTHACHE'S Available at all Drug Storea PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE SIIGGISTIO fMJlOlW'S MIAMI DRIVE-IN NWJthAVIlATJIUST 197P 20TH CENTURY-FOX "THE CHOIR BOYS" PLUS "SLAPSHOT" in ccmei cwbi ts GABLES! 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