François is married and has two children. When he meets a beautiful postwoman, his happiness is at its height. But by the way, what exactly is happiness? François, a young carpenter working for his uncle, lives a comfortable and happy life married to his wife Thérèse, with whom he has two seemingly perfect children, Pierrot and Gisou. Although finding abundant "happiness" in his marriage and indisputably loving his wife and children, François covetously pursues an extended happiness through an affair with a woman called Émilie whom he meets on a business trip. Finding himself unable to lie to his wife, at length, François tells her the truth about his affair, but assures her that there is "more than enough happiness to go around, nothing has changed between them." Thérèse is found dead shortly after hearing the news of her husband’s infidelity. In completing his family with Émilie as a replacement for his late wife Thérèse, François’ life embodies a spirit of "happiess" once again despite his break with morality. Prix Louis Delluc 1964 and Silver Bear in Berlin in 1965.

Keywords

• Agnès Varda
• Ontsnap naar de jaren 60
• Fabrice Du Welz's favourite movies
• Nouvelle Vague

Actors

• Olivier Drouot
• Marcelle Faure-Bertin
• Jean-Claude Drouot
• Sandrine Drouot
• Claire Drouot
• Marie-France Boyer
• Paul Vecchiali
• Marc Eyraud

Director

• Agnès Varda