Happiness - 1965 - 6/10
AKA - Le Bonheur

Subversive film with a fairytale feel.
François and Thérèse share an idyllic, blissful marriage.
Indeed, François is so pleased with this arrangement, he decides an extra female will increase his happiness.
He is handsome, and the blonde at the post office is agreeable.
Agnes Varda directs dispassionately, without judgment or the expected emotional outbursts.
A quiet probe into the open marriage concept.
Comment: So-called open marriages were something I witnessed in the 70’s.
Most were similar in that husbands were free to taste the extra slice. Wives, not so much.
AIDS seemed to puncture the fun out of such openness.