Thursday, January 27, 2011

Le Bonheur(Happiness)

Agnes Varda 1965

An unusual, intriguing film. A happily married man meets another woman, commences an affair with her, convinced the love he has for both of them won't result in any of them being unhappy.

Filmed in luscious color. The two children and wife were, in fact, the actor's which accounted for the naturalness the kids displayed. The resolution of the story was deliberately provocative and left me with a sense of head-shaking wonder at the audacity this took in 1965.

Well worth it.

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