The Happy Road (1936 film)

The Happy Road
Directed byGeorges Lacombe
Jacques Houssin
Written byMichel Arnaud
Jacques Houssin
Amleto Palermi
Produced byAndre Hallion
StarringEdwige Feuillère
Claude Dauphin
Charlotte Clasis
CinematographyAnchise Brizzi
Armand Ratti
Edited byAndrée Danis
Music byVittorio Rieti
Georges Van Parys
Production
company
Les Films Epoc
Distributed byLes Films Epoc
Release date
  • 14 February 1936 (1936-02-14)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Happy Road (French: La route heureuse) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and Jacques Houssin and starring Edwige Feuillère, Claude Dauphin and Charlotte Clasis.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrico Verdozzi. A separate Italian-language version Amore was also produced.

Synopsis

Suzanne, an orphan raised by her aunt in luxury, marries the owner of a rural pottery. Before long she misses the thrills of city life and abandons her husband. However she soon grows bored and realises how much she wants to be in the country with her husband.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Rège p.584
  2. ^ Crisp p.66
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/7778/la-route-heureuse

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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