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Le Bonheur
Directed by Agnès Varda
1965•1h 19m•NR•★ 7.5
Drama
Synopsis
A happy young suburban carpenter blissfully married to a devoted seamstress with two sweet children falls in love with a cheerful post office clerk, innocently believing he can expand his radiant happiness by loving both women equally, with devastating consequences. Agnès Varda's Berlin Silver Bear-winning pastel-colored feminist horror disguised as an impressionist picnic.
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Le Bonheur
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DirectorAgnès Varda
WriterAgnès Varda
CinematographyClaude BeausoleilJean Rabier
MusicJean-Michel DefayeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Principal Cast
Jean-Claude DrouotFrançois Chevalier
Marie-France BoyerÉmilie Savignard
Sylvia SaurelYvette Mercier
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Claire DrouotThérèse ChevalierOD
Olivier DrouotPierrot ChevalierSD
Sandrine DrouotGisou ChevalierMF
Marcelle Faure-BertinBertinML
Manon LanclosMrs. MesquierTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 19m (79 mins)
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DirectorAgnès Varda
LanguagesFrench
CountryFR
StudioParc Film
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