Le bonheur
Le Bonheur
France • 1965 • 1h 20m
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#420Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative films, LE BONHEUR (“Happiness”) examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.
Synopsis
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative films, LE BONHEUR (“Happiness”) 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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Credits
Crew
DirectorAgnès Varda
WriterAgnès Varda
CinematographerJean Rabier, Claude Beausoleil
EditorJanine Verneau
ProducerMag Bodard
Cast
Jean-Claude Drouotas François Chevalier
Claire Drouotas Thérèse Chevalier
Olivier Drouotas Pierrot Chevalier