Le bonheur

Le bonheur. Agnès Varda, 1965.

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Edition screened: Included in Criterion Blu-ray box set The Complete Films of Agnès Varda (disc 5) released 2020, and also as DVD #420 in Criterion box set #418 4 by Agnès Varda, released 2008. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 80 minutes.

Summary: No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals.

The Criterion Blu-ray includes numerous follow-up shorts and reflective commentaries, the best three of which are listed first below: 

• Démons et merveilles du cinéma (excerpt: “Agnès et Bonheur”, 1964, dir: Jean-Claude Bergeret, approx. 5 minutes): A stylish glimpse of Varda directing and designing shots on set.

• The Two Women of “Le bonheur” (1996, approx. 6 minutes): The two female stars of Le bonheur sit down with Rosalie Varda-Demy to reflect on perceptions of the film and ways it has impacted their lives.

• Jean-Claude Drouot Returns to Fontenay-aux-Roses (2005, approx. 10 minutes): The leading man of Le bonheur visits with residents who remember the filming forty years earlier.

• Thoughts on “Le bonheur” (1996, approx. 15 minutes)

• Happiness? The People of Fontenay Respond (1996, approx. 6 minutes)

• Bonheur: Proper Name or Concept? (1996, approx. 6 minutes)

• Agnès talks about “Le bonheur” (1998, approx. 3 minutes)

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