Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.
Cast
Yves Montand
Narrator (French version) (voice)
Chris Marker
Self / Interviewer (voice)
Jean-Luc Godard
Self (uncredited)
Anna Karina
Self (uncredited)
Edgar Morin
Self (uncredited)
Alain Resnais
Self (uncredited)
Jacques Rivette
Self (uncredited)
Jean Rouch
Self (uncredited)
Simone Signoret
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Charles de Gaulle
Self
Ferdinand Lop
Self
Crew
Chris Marker
Director, Writer
Pierre Lhomme
Director, Director of Photography
Catherine Winter
Writer, Producer
Madeleine Lecompère
Editor
Anne Meunier
Editor
Eva Zora
Editor
Denys Clerval
Director of Photography
Étienne Becker
Director of Photography
Pierre Willemin
Director of Photography
Pierre Grunstein
Assistant Director
André Heinrich
Producer
Antoine Bonfanti
Sound
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
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