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Happiness

Only a woman could dare to make this film.

7.5(322)19651h 20m4

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.

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Status
Released
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Box office
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Language
French
  • infidelity
  • countryside
  • extramarital affair
  • woman director
  • callous

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Agnès Varda

Produced in

France

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Release dates

  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1815 Aug 1966
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1810 Feb 1965
    • Premiere18Paris23 Feb 1965
    • TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)11 Nov 2015
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG4 Jun 1966
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical25 Jun 1965
    • TheatricalRe-release18 Mar 1976
    • Physical12DVD27 Sept 2011
    • Theatrical9Re-release2 Sept 2021
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1118 Dec 1965

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Happiness was released on 10 February 1965.

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    CinemaSerf

    5/14/2024

    7/10

    Ha! Talk about having your cake and eating it! "François" (Jean-Claude Drouot) is happily married to "Thérèse" (Claire Drouot) and living in a small apartment with their two children "Pierrot" and "Gisou". They are a loving couple and seem perfectly content with life. Then "François" is despatched to do some work away from home and when calling his boss from the post office encounters "Émilie" (Marie-France Boyer) wi…

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