The Happy Man | |
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Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
Written by |
René Wheeler Paul Géraldy |
Based on | L'homme de joie by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer |
Produced by | Alexandre Mnouchkine |
Starring |
Jean-Pierre Aumont Simone Renant Jacques Morel |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Jacqueline Sadoul |
Music by | René Sylviano |
Production companies |
La Société des Films Sirius Les Films Ariane |
Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Happy Man or The Man of Joy (French: L'Homme de Joie) is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simone Renant and Jacques Morel. [1] [2] It was based on a play of the same title by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer. [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
When a married women is shocked to discover that her husband is having a romantic flirtation with an actress. She engages a charming young man known as the "man of the joy" to draw the actresses' attention away from her husband.