The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 790 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
318 audience votes
Key crew
- Agnès VardaWriter
- Agnès VardaDirector
- Jean-Michel DefayeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean-Claude DrouotFrançois Chevalier
- Claire DrouotThérèse Chevalier
- Olivier DrouotPierrot Chevalier
- Sandrine DrouotGisou Chevalier
- Marie-France BoyerÉmilie Savignard
- Marcelle Faure-BertinBertin
- Manon LanclosMrs. Mesquier
- Sylvia SaurelYvette Mercier
- Marc EyraudJoseph Chevalier
- Christian RiehlCast
- Paul VecchialiPaul
- Yvonne DanyWedding Guest (uncredited)
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Themes
infidelitycountrysideextramarital affairwoman directorcallous
The Best Movies of 1965
Happiness is #13 of 60
