This film was proposed by two of our members: Alan Nayomnyy, and Jana Gough who writes: 'I can’t put it better than Jenny Charmarette, who said it was her favourite Varda film and described it as like nothing else: a horror movie wrapped up in sunflowers, an excoriating feminist diatribe strummed to the tune of a love ballad. It’s one of the most terrifying films I’ve ever seen.'
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