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A Happy Man is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Robert Ménard with Pierre Richard
A Happy Man (2009)
Le bonheur de Pierre
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Add to a movie listLe Bonheur de Pierre is a 2009 Canadian-French comedy-drama directed by Robert Ménard.
It was entered into several film festivals including the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Moreover it was chosen Best Foreign Film at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2009.
The film is also known as A Happy Man.
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Synopsis
French professor Pierre Martin is a widower who lives with his single daughter Catherine. When his aunt Jeanne dies she bequeathes him her guest house in Canada on condition he lives there for a minimum of time. He loves to comply because he has fond childhood memories of this place. In order to make his daughter Catherine accompany him he tells her a great deal of money was also part of Jeanne's heritage. So both of them hurry to the rural little town Sainte Simone du Nord in Canada. The mayor Michel Dolbec knows Jeanne's house will become property of their community if the two Martins don't hold out long enough. He sabotages them several times but they stay. Eventually Pierre Martin and Michel Dolbec become friends after all.Actors
Pierre Richard
(Pierre)
Rémy Girard
(Michel)
Sylvie Testud
(Catherine)
Louise Portal
(Louise)
Jean-Nicolas Verreault
(Mario)
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