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Our Happy Lives

Country: France, Language: French, 147 mins

Original Title

Nos Vies Heureuses
  • Director: Jacques Maillot
  • Writer: Jacques Maillot; Eric Veniard
  • Producer: Laurent Bénégui

CGiii Comment

Dismally unengaging.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Intertwined stories of six friends searching for happy lives. Julie is released from hospital after a suicide attempt, Ali leaves Morocco to study in France, Jean-Paul is a religious militant, Emilie is in the midst of a breakup, Cecile staves off boredom by taking photographs and Lucas has broken up with his wife and is in the midst of finding himself sexually.

Cast & Characters

Marie Payen as Julie;
Cecile Richard as Cecile;
Camille Japy as Emilie;
Sami Bouajila as Ali;
Eric Bonicatto as Jean-Paul;
Jean-Michel Portal as Lucas;
Sarah Grappin as Sylvie;
Olivier Py as Francois;
Alain Beigel as Antoine;
Fanny Cottencon as La mere de Cecile;
Marc Chapiteau as Le pere de Sylvie;
Frederic Gelard as Vincent;
Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Le pere de Lucas;
Jalil Lespert as Etienne;
Margot Abascal as L'inconnue