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.

The Happy Man
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byRené Wheeler
Paul Géraldy
Based onL'homme de joie by Paul Géraldy and Robert Spitzer
Produced byAlexandre Mnouchkine
StarringJean-Pierre Aumont
Simone Renant
Jacques Morel
CinematographyMichel Kelber
Edited byJacqueline Sadoul
Music byRené Sylviano
Production
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Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 8 December 1950 (1950-12-08)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.462
  2. ^ "L'Homme de joie de Gilles Grangier (1950)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ Goble p.177

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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