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	Le Bonheur (Criterion Collection)     Written and Directed by Agnès Varda France 1965 / Drama / Romance / Marriage / Color / 80 min / Monaural / 1.66:1 Widescreen Anamorphic / NTSC / In French with Optional English Subtitles Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Sandrine Drouot, Olivier Drouot. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), young husband and father François (Jean-Claude Drouot) finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, Le bonheur examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

Bonus Features:

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Agnès Varda
- The Two Women of "Le bonheur" (2006), a short piece featuring actors Claire Drouot and Marie-France Boyer
- Thoughts on "Le bonheur" (2006), a discussion between four scholars and intellectuals discussing the concept of happiness and its relation to the film
- Two short pieces by Varda investigating people's idea of happiness
- Jean-Claude Drouot Returns (2006), a featurette in which the actor revisits the film's setting forty years later
- Segment from the 1964 television program Démons et merveilles du cinéma, featuring footage of Varda shooting Le bonheur
- Interview with Varda from 1998 about Le bonheur
- Du Côté de la côte (1958), a short film by Varda exploring the tourist destination of the Côte d'Azur
- Theatrical trailer