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Le Bonheur (1934)

Le Bonheur poster
Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Genre
melodrama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man leaves his wife for a younger woman. His son marries the woman after the man dies.

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What happens

Le Bonheur ("Happiness") is a 1934 French comedy-drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was adapted from Henri Bernstein's play Le Bonheur, which Bernstein had staged in Paris in March 1933 with Charles Boyer and Michel Simon in leading roles; Boyer and Simon took the same parts in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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