The happiness of a young man's 29th birthday celebration is off-set by a pair of shock revelations.
Read our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're watching in March, including "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," Boss Level, and Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Related News
-
10 Most Anticipated Canadian Films of the Fall
03 September 2011 | The Cultural Post -
Trailer of 'Le bonheur des autres'
13 July 2011 | The Cultural Post -
Production Underway for 'Le bonheur des autres'
19 July 2010 | The Cultural Post
Check out our gallery of the 2021 Golden Globe nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Le bonheur des autres (2011)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
1 nomination.
See more awards »
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michel Barrette | ... | Jean-Pierre | |
| Louise Portal | ... | Louise | |
| Marc-André Grondin | ... | Sylvain | |
| Julie LeBreton | ... | Évelyne (as Julie Le Breton) | |
| Germain Houde | ... | Raymond | |
| Eve Duranceau | ... | Marion | |
| Stéphane Breton | ... | Yves | |
| Isabelle Vincent | ... | Brigitte | |
| Normand Daneau | ... | Benoît | |
| Laurence Dauphinais | ... | Annie | |
| Claude Despins | ... | Médecin | |
 |
Bruno Lachapelle | ... | Steve le Maso |
| Martin Thibaudeau | ... | Masseur | |
|
|
Patrick Baby | ... | Médecin insémination |
| Xavier Desrochers | ... | Petit Sylvain | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Plot Synopsis
Storyline
The happiness of a young man's 29th birthday celebration is off-set by a pair of shock revelations.
Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
CanadaLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
7 October 2011 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
The Happiness of Others See more »Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaCompany Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Wonderful acting and directing with an underlying powerful script makes this tale as true as life can be. Making many story and visual parallels, this psychological exploration of couples and family captivates and ring true. Many magnificent scenes questions us, our lives, our choices, our intentions and priorities, our honesty and self-deception, our sexuality, our skewed view. We see couple and marriage failure and frailties. Human desires and dissonance. We understand the process of aging, of longing and hoping, of fearing and fleeing, of fighting and losing.
Not an easy film because it asks the though questions and goes deeper were it may hurt, but a necessary and nuanced analysis of our reconstructed, deconstructed and often dysfunctional families. Can we wish happiness to others when we have a hard time with our own? We should, but how...