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Rating: 7.4/10 by 244 users

Happiness (1965)

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.

Directing:
  • Agnès Varda
  • Jean-Paul Savignac
  • Francine Corteggiani
Writing:
  • Agnès Varda
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Feb 10, 1965

Rating: 7.4/10 by 244 users

Alternative Title:
Happiness - CA
Lyckliga stunder - FI
Dyo gynaikes ki enas andras - GR
I eftyhia - GR
Shiawase - JP
A Felicidade - PT
Счастье - SU
Happiness - US
Das Glück - DE
Glück aus dem Blickwinkel des Mannes - DE
Sreća - YU
행복 - KR
happiness - YU

Country:
France
Language:
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: infidelity, countryside, extramarital affair, woman director

Jean-Claude Drouot
François Chevalier
Claire Drouot
Thérèse Chevalier
Olivier Drouot
Pierrot Chevalier
Sandrine Drouot
Gisou Chevalier
Marie-France Boyer
Émilie Savignard
Manon Lanclos
Mrs. Mesquier
Sylvia Saurel
Yvette Mercier
Marc Eyraud
Joseph Chevalier
Yvonne Dany
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

Ha! Talk about having your cake and eating it! "François" (Jean-Claude Drouot) is happily married to "Thérèse" (Claire Drouot) and living in a small apartment with their two children "Pierrot" and "Gisou". They are a loving couple and seem perfectly content with life. Then "François" is despatched to do some work away from home and when calling his boss from the post office encounters "Émilie" (Marie-France Boyer) with whom he swaps a smile. That's just the beginning as the two chat a little, flirt a little and then... Now he isn't a bad man in any malevolent sense, he genuinely loves his wife and makes it clear to his new friend that she will always take priority - a situation that "Émilie" appears to be quite willing to accept - albeit reservedly. Thing is, on a family picnic he decides that it's only fair that his wife know the truth. On the face of it, at least that's an half way honest thing to do but, well you'll have to watch and see. there's something unnervingly inconclusive about this film. Nobody is inherently bad or evil or even deliberately thoughtless, yet he is possibly one of the most selfish people I've ever seen (benignly) portrayed in cinema. He genuinely thinks his cherry-picking, almost like a job-share, arrangement will satisfy these women. That because they are enough (for now, presumably) for him that they will be content to share him! It's tightly cast with a sufficient minimum of dialogue to augment a story that is surprisingly thought-provoking to watch. Maybe a little over-scored but well worth eighty minutes before a denouement that might make you want to look your own partner in the eye! Or maybe into a mirror...?


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