This screening is sold out. We will start an in-person waitlist one hour before the screening in case we are able to release last-minute tickets.
Le Bonheur—translation “Happiness”—is an underrated masterpiece by Agnes Varda, one of, if not the, greatest filmmaker of the French New Wave. Perhaps her most shocking film, this subversive feminist statement, set against the deceptive beauty of the French countryside, vibrant fields of sunflowers, and the spirited music of Mozart, concerns a young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) who, despite being married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. Through this familiar, swooning setup, Le Bonheur examines the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.