The Happy Man

The Happy Man
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byRené Wheeler
Paul Géraldy
Based onL'homme de joie by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer
Produced byAlexandre Mnouchkine
StarringJean-Pierre Aumont
Simone Renant
Jacques Morel
CinematographyMichel Kelber
Edited byJacqueline Sadoul
Music byRené Sylviano
Production
companies
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 8 December 1950 (1950-12-08)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Happy Man or The Man of Joy (French: L'Homme de Joie) is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simone Renant and Jacques Morel. It was based on a play of the same title by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Synopsis

A married woman is shocked to discover that her husband is having a romantic flirtation with an actress. She engages a charming young man known as the "man of the joy" to draw the actress' attention away from her husband.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Rège p.462
  2. ↑ "L'Homme de joie de Gilles Grangier (1950)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ↑ Goble p.177

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