Happiness (1965 film)
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Happiness is a 1965
French
drama
film directed by Agnès Varda
, about a married man having an affair with another woman. 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
.
The films beautiful colours resulted from the creation of a new colour negative because the original had faded during production.
1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
French
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film directed by Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda is a French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style....
, about a married man having an affair with another woman. The film is associated with the French New Wave
French New Wave
The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...
and won two awards at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival
15th Berlin International Film Festival
The 15th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 25 to July 6, 1965.-Jury:* John Gillett * Alexander Kluge* Ely Azeredo* Monique Berger* Kyushiro Kusakabe* Jerry Bresler* Karena Niehoff* Hans Jürgen Pohland...
, including the Jury Grand Prix
Jury Grand Prix
The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...
.
The films beautiful colours resulted from the creation of a new colour negative because the original had faded during production.
Cast
- Jean-Claude DrouotJean-Claude DrouotJean Claude Drouot is a Belgian actor.-Biography:Jean Claude Drouot was formed in Young Theater of Université Libre de Bruxelles . Later it leaves settling down has Paris or he follows Charles Dullin's courses and has to leave of 1962, he interprets the big tragedies and rooms plays of Molière...
- François - Claire Drouot - Therese (as Sa femme Claire)
- Olivier Drouot - Pierrot (as Leurs enfants)
- Sandrine Drouot - Gisou (as Leurs enfants)
- Marie-France BoyerMarie-France BoyerMarie-France Boyer is a French actress, singer and the author of many internationally published non-fiction books on France...
- Émilie Savignard - Marcelle Faure-Bertin
- Manon Lanclos
- Sylvia Saurel - (as Sylvie Saurel)
- Marc EyraudMarc EyraudMarc Eyraud was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1956 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Diary of a Chambermaid * Happiness * Lamiel...
- Christian Riehl
- Paul VecchialiPaul VecchialiPaul Vecchiali is a French author and filmmaker.-Biography:He spent his childhood in Toulon. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war....
- Paul