Happiness
7.4/10
Rating
80 min
Runtime
1965
Release Year
Agnès Varda
Director
Cast
Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer
Quick Synopsis
François, a young husband and father, lives with his kind and beautiful wife Thérèse. Despite his family life, he begins an affair with an attractive postal worker, drawn to her without hesitation. Set against a bright and cheerful backdrop with music by Mozart, the film explores themes of fidelity and happiness, focusing on how these ideas are challenged in a modern, self-focused society.
Detailed Synopsis of Happiness
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. 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.
