# Happiness (1965)

> Agnès Varda transforms a radiant family idyll into a devastatingly subversive meditation on infidelity, entitlement, and the cost of private happiness.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/36047

## Facts

- Runtime: 80 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Agnès Varda
- Cast: Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin, Manon Lanclos, Sylvia Saurel
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058985/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: sunlit, idyllic, subversive, arthouse film night, french cinema retrospective

## Synopsis

A tale of love and longing set against the idyllic backdrop of the countryside.

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