A Happy Event
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A Happy Event

6.0 / 10 2011 1h 47mNR French
DramaComedy

Storyline

She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn't anyone warn me? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?" Un heureux événement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.

Cast & Crew

Louise Bourgoin

Louise Bourgoin

Barbara

Lead
Pio Marmaï

Pio Marmaï

Nicolas

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Claire

Thierry Frémont

Thierry Frémont

Tony

Gabrielle Lazure

Gabrielle Lazure

Édith

Firmine Richard

Firmine Richard

La sage-femme

Anaïs Croze

Anaïs Croze

Daphné

Daphné Bürki

Daphné Bürki

Katia - la soeur de Barbara

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rémi Bezançon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. A Happy Event is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker