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Le Bonheur ("Happiness") is a 1965 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda. The film is associated with the French New Wave and won two awards at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Jury Grand Prix.
May 16, 1997 · 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.
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- Drama, Romance
- Agnès Varda
- 1997-05-16
A New Wave classic by the only female director of the movement, Le bonheur explores the themes of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world. The film follows a married man who has an affair with a postal worker, while his wife and daughter remain oblivious to his betrayal.
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A film about a man who has an affair and two wives, one of whom commits suicide. The film explores the meaning of happiness and the cost of pursuing it in modern society.
In suburban Paris, young François (Jean-Claude Drouot) appears to live a happy, contented existence with his wife, Therese (Claire Drouot), and their two small children.
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- Jean-Claude Drouot
- Agnès Varda
- Drama
Mar 15, 2013 · Photograph Courtesy Criterion Collection / Janus films. The happiness alluded to in the title of Agnès Varda’s 1965 drama of adultery in a working-class Paris suburb...
An in-depth review of the film Le Bonheur (1965), aka Happiness, directed by Agnes Varda, featuring Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot.
