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Director:
Agnès Varda
Writer:
Agnès Varda (writer)
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Release Date:
16 May 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Seule, une femme pouvait oser faire ce film
Plot:
Francois is a young carpenter married with Therese. They have two little children. All goes well, life is beautiful... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Agnès Varda: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 28 December 2009, 12:12 PM, PST)
Agnès Varda in person at American Cinematheque
 (From pretty-scary. 17 June 2009, 6:09 PM, PDT)
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The pursuit of happiness more (19 total)

Cast

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Jean-Claude Drouot ... François
Claire Drouot ... Therese (as Sa femme Claire)
Olivier Drouot ... Pierrot (as Leurs enfants)
Sandrine Drouot ... Gisou (as Leurs enfants)
Marie-France Boyer ... Émilie Savignard
Marcelle Faure-Bertin
Manon Lanclos
Sylvia Saurel (as Sylvie Saurel)
Marc Eyraud
Christian Riehl
Paul Vecchiali ... Paul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvonne Dany ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Agnès Varda 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Agnès Varda  writer

Produced by
Mag Bodard .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jean-Michel Defaye 
 
Cinematography by
Claude Beausoleil 
Jean Rabier 
 
Film Editing by
Janine Verneau 
 
Production Design by
Hubert Monloup 
 
Costume Design by
Claude François 
 
Makeup Department
Carita .... hair stylist
Serge Groffe .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Pascal Bazart .... assistant production manager
Michel Choquet .... production manager
Philippe Dussart .... production manager
Jeanne Marie Olivier .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-Paul Savignac .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Joseph Gerhard .... set designer
Charles Merangel .... set designer
 
Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti .... sound mixer
Robert Cambourakis .... sound assistant
Louis Hochet .... sound
Alex Pront .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Yves Agostini .... assistant camera
Paul Bonis .... assistant camera
Marcel Dindault .... gaffer
Bernard Largemain .... key grip
Jean-Louis Malige .... assistant camera
Helga Romanoff .... still photographer (as Elga Romanoff)
Claude Zidi .... assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurence Clairval .... costumer
Idyl .... wedding dress
Agnès Soulet .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Daniele Grimberg .... assistant editor (as Danielle Grimberg)
Martha Lourdes Osorio .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Francine Corteggiani .... script supervisor
Annie Maurel .... script supervisor
Catherine Savignac .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Happiness
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Runtime:
France:79 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
Company:
Parc Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The movie François and Therese are going to see starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau is Viva Maria! (1965) more
Movie Connections:
Features Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (1959) more
Soundtrack:
Clarinet Quintet in A - KV 581 more

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
The pursuit of happiness, 20 February 2009
Author: kinsayder from United Kingdom

François leads an idyllic life full of happiness. He loves his wife and their young children; he enjoys his work as a carpenter; and the country town where he lives is awash with sunshine and smiling faces. So when he meets a pretty girl working at the post office, what could be more natural and right than to take a further sip from the bowl of happiness?

Le Bonheur is a delicious sugar-coated bonbon with a bitter centre. What disturbs the viewer most is the cool unjudging gaze of Varda's camera: the characters are naive but not cruel, and when tragedy strikes it comes about from a childlike pursuit of happiness. Then the seasons change, and life continues with no-one wiser than before...

The emphatic pastel colour palette of the film, and the music of Mozart that plays insistently throughout, are beautiful and cloyingly seductive. They entice us into the innocent fantasy world of François, where all it takes to do the right thing is to follow your desires. What could possibly go wrong?

Le Bonheur is an exquisite, delicate, ambiguous masterpiece of the type that Hollywood was, is and always will be incapable of producing.

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