Happy is a 2015 French feature film directed by Jordan Goldnadel, with Isabel Ryan, Vladimir Perrin, Jordan Goldnadel and Léa Moszkowicz.

Happy
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Directed byJordan Goldnadel
Screenplay byJordan Goldnadel with the help of Florence Chouraqui Suissa
Produced by
  • Jordan Goldnadel
  • The Third Generation
Starring
  • Jordan Goldnadel
  • Isabel Ryan
  • Vladimir Perrin
  • Lea Moszkowicz
  • Arthur Jalta
CinematographyJean Sotelo
Edited byMarsha Bramwell
Music byIzzy Gaon
Distributed byWide Management
Release date
  • August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23) (Avvantura Film Festival)

The film showed at the 2015 Montréal World Film Festival, where it received great reviews.[1][2] The film is sold internationally by Wide Management and receives two nominations at the 2016 Prix Henri Langlois (Henri Langlois Awards). The film also integrates the Eye on Films European Label and is released in several countries including the US, the UK, Ireland and South Korea.[3]

Synopsis

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Alessia, a young American photographer, comes to Paris for obscure reasons. There, she meets Florent, a young bourgeois Parisian searching for purpose in his life. For one summer, they will live an intense passion, orchestrated by travels and encounters with strangers.

Cast

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  • Jordan Goldnadel as Florent - Rich Frenchman
  • Isabel Ryan as Alessia - Texas American
  • Vladimir Perrin as Thomas - Waiter
  • Léa Moszkowicz as Marion - Childhood friend
  • Charlotte Vercoustre as Coralie
  • Arthur Jalta as Louis
  • Marcel Aloro as Marcel
  • Marc de Panda as Marc

Awards

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ HAPPY Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, World Film Festival
  2. ^ (in French) Fuse Film Review: The 2015 Montreal World Film Festival — Step By Step, The Arts Fuse, 12 September 2015
  3. ^ "HAPPY | Eye on Films".