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Plot. François, a handsome young joiner working for his uncle, lives a comfortable and happy life married to his pretty wife Thérèse, a dressmaker, with whom he has two children, Pierrot and Gisou. The family love outings to the woods outside of town.
May 16, 1997 · In her brilliant and provocative 1965 film, Le Bonheur, Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I, Vagabond, Cleo From 5 to 7), raises the question of whether "open marriage" can work and answers it with a definite "maybe".
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- Drama, Romance
- Agnès Varda
- 1997-05-16
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.
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One of Agnès Varda’s most provocative films, LE BONHEUR (“Happiness”) examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.
Agnès Varda’s color-saturated third feature is a thorough takedown of the nuclear family, which deconstructs the one-way relationship of a husband and wife and their apparently idyllic life together. Bold, sun-drenched and provoking, Le bonheur is a proto-feminist time bomb that’s ready to detonate.
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.
Mar 15, 2013 · Le Bonheur. By Richard Brody. March 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...
