Another Varda movie in the same day? Question mark? My mom mentioned a "French movie about an affair" that she really like from 30ish years ago, and from that ridiculous criteria we narrowed it down to Le Bonheur. Luckily, the movie was pretty okay, and it turns out that I like Le Bonheur much better than Cleo. It came out three years later, has magnificent cinematography, and maybe even has some important thing to say about feminisms. For me to explain this, though, I have to spoil a large plot twist, so spoiler alert like whoa here.
Le Bonheur means "The Happiness" I think. The movie is about an extremely satisfied couple -- this man and woman who are foxy and have adorable children and ride bicycles and go to the country every Sunday. One could say they've found "happiness." For no good reason, the husband starts doing it with a lady from the post office and is a total bj. Now, the wife is pretty subservient, so we can see that [duh] The Patriarchy is everywhere, even in France. Anyway, the husband lets his wife know that he loves her, but he also bones the postal worker, and he confesses this like it's no big deal. The wife says, "Okay, totally cool," but then drowns herself! The husband is sad, but he waits about 5 minutes for him to instruct his mistress to start raising the kids and be his new wife. Problems!
I left the movie unsatisfied, as it ended abruptly and the patriarchal Pepe Le Pew husband goes unpunished. Maybe Agnes Varda is saying something interesting -- that patriarchal dudes like this one think that women are just uteri with aprons, and essentially replaceable, and that this is a problem. Feminist statement question mark?
Le Bonheur means "The Happiness" I think. The movie is about an extremely satisfied couple -- this man and woman who are foxy and have adorable children and ride bicycles and go to the country every Sunday. One could say they've found "happiness." For no good reason, the husband starts doing it with a lady from the post office and is a total bj. Now, the wife is pretty subservient, so we can see that [duh] The Patriarchy is everywhere, even in France. Anyway, the husband lets his wife know that he loves her, but he also bones the postal worker, and he confesses this like it's no big deal. The wife says, "Okay, totally cool," but then drowns herself! The husband is sad, but he waits about 5 minutes for him to instruct his mistress to start raising the kids and be his new wife. Problems!
I left the movie unsatisfied, as it ended abruptly and the patriarchal Pepe Le Pew husband goes unpunished. Maybe Agnes Varda is saying something interesting -- that patriarchal dudes like this one think that women are just uteri with aprons, and essentially replaceable, and that this is a problem. Feminist statement question mark?
4/5 pizzas
I did not read most of this due to massive spolier alerts. BUT Le Bonheur totally means Le Bone Her. I'd Bone Her. The Bonner. I hope you mentioned this.
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