Le Bonheur (1965)

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself falling… More Details »

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Director:

Agnès Varda

Producer:

Mag Bodard

Writer:

Agnès Varda

Release Date:

Dec 20, 2019

Synopsis

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) 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.

Cast

Jean-Claude Drouot
Marie-France Boyer
Marcelle Faure-Bertin
Manon Lanclos
Sylvia Saurel
Marc Eyraud
Christian Riehl
Paul Vecchiali
Yvonne Dany
Claire Drouot

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4.1

May 19, 2020

The most sunny, cheerful, generally idyllic horror film ever made.

6.6K Likes

Josh Lewis

Dec 8, 2019

this film supports my theory that bill hader is actually a french time traveler

3.5K Likes

cinéfila... 🕯️

Apr 6, 2014

In the wake of Secret Things, I don't think I can help but like this one. It's a bright, happy, surreal experience in which a man has an affair, and, in steeped sarcasm, Agnes Varda cheerily depicts pure, rapturous joy of his situation. He loves his wife; he loves his…

2.8K Likes

Sally Jane Black
Mar 30, 2019

‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎🌷🌺 🌼🌿🌻🍃🌺🌸☀️🌱🌺🌸💐🌼🌿🌸 ‏‏‎ 🌷🌸💐 ‏‏‎miss agnès did what she had to do🌻🌱🌺 ☀️🍃🌻💐🌺 several points were made 💐🌷☀️🍃 ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ 🌼🌿 🌸💐🌷☀️🌱🌺🌻🍃🌷☀️🌱🌺🌸💐

2.6K Likes

˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗

Jun 26, 2016

as intricately and brilliantly colored as a wes anderson film but in a 100% less uptight try-hard control freak way. dazzling daytime horror, gleefully cruel. as sarcastic as STARSHIP TROOPERS. you can practically hear him thinking "the most beautiful thing about your eyes…

2.4K Likes

sydney

Nov 22, 2022

this is truly a horror movie wrapped in sunflowers

2.2K Likes

mary
Jan 2, 2018

DRAG HIM, AGNES. Le Bonheur really has an axe to grind about free love and how it's basically used by men to sleep around with no perceived consequences and makes everyone involved kind of feel awful. Except the instigator who's actually into it. Loving one person…

1.9K Likes

Patrick Pryor

Jan 26, 2020

"It's not my fault if you came second. That's the way it is!"

1.5K Likes

#1 gizmo fan

Jun 28, 2022

endless supply of flowers — what wilts will be replaced with something just as vibrant, until the life is drained from that too.

1.2K Likes

Laura

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Elia liked

Le Bonheur

It’s called happiness, but I’m not so happy

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Chante Cottman liked

Le Bonheur

varda’s cinematographic foci were impeccable. some of these shots were so gorgeous. loved the scene of françois running to see emilie during his break with the tracking dolly shot. interesting how insidious the end music is, suggests françois’ seeminglyvoid replacement of therese

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nevan loved

Le Bonheur

as my first agnes varda film, this did not disappoint in the slightest; i was not expecting such mature and beautiful craftsmanship. the visuals are gorgeous, the performances are amazing, and the narrative is equal parts endearing and harrowing. revelatory

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Amelia Monty liked

Le Bonheur

Happiness ?!????!

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