Happiness

Happiness

1965 · 80 min · FR · 7.4 (320 votes)
Dir. Agnès Varda · Starring Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin · Music Jean-Michel Defaye

“Only a woman could dare to make this film.”

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Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

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A quiet, contemplative exploration of longing and regret. It feels like a hazy memory, bathed in the golden light of the French countryside, where unspoken desires simmer beneath a placid surface.

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