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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.
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.
Le Bonheur (Happiness) is an incredibly beautiful, compelling exploration of the meaning of happiness and how to achieve it in modern day society. The film focuses on a happy, handsome, young family of four.
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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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.
