
Happiness
1965

1988
Director
Agnès Varda
Runtime
80 minutes
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A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?
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Agnès Varda’s drama succeeds by disrupting traditional power dynamics and social hierarchies. The film's strength lies in its commitment to a subjective, non-traditional moral framework that prioritizes individual desire over social duty. While the film lacks racial diversity, it offers a sophisticated critique of gendered expectations and institutionalized norms. By centering a woman's autonomy and desire, it challenges the static role of motherhood and conventional romantic structures. Ultimately, the work functions as a progressive exploration of the human condition, using a localized French setting to examine broader themes of temporal displacement and social transgression.

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