A HAPPY MAN

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LE BONHEUR DE PIERRE

A HAPPY MAN

By Robert MÉNARD

CINEVEDAS INC - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2009

A touching politically incorrect comedy and a triumph of happiness over human mediocrity. Starring Pierre RICHARD, Sylvie TESTUD and Remy GIRARD.

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Social issues, Family, Comedy
- Countries
- FRANCE, CANADA
- Languages
- FRENCH, FRENCH-CANADIAN, ENGLISH-CANADA
- Duration
- 106 mn
- Director(s)
- Robert MÉNARD
- Writer(s)
- Guy BONNIER, Christophe DUTHURON, Michel ICART, Robert MÉNARD, Benoît PELLETIER, Pierre RICHARD
- Cast
- Pierre RICHARD, Sylvie TESTUD, Rémy GIRARD, Louise PORTAL, Patrick DROLET, Jean-Nicolas VERREAULT, Gaston LEPAGE, Diane LAVALLÉE, Vincent BILODEAU, Sylvie LEMAY, Luc PROULX, André LACOSTE
- Producer(s)
- Rahila BOOTWALA (CineVedas Inc.), Claude BONIN, Guy BONNIER, Clémentine DABADIE, Henri GRANGE, Jerome GRANGE, Claude MARQUET
- Synopsis
- At 65, Pierre Martin (Pierre Richard), a quantum physicist, inherits an inn in Canada. He leaves Paris with his daughter Catherine (Sylvie Testud) and ends up in the dead of winter in Sainte-Simone-du-Nord, a typical tiny village in Saguenay, a remote region of Québec. Away from Parisian life, Pierre sees an opportunity to pass on to his daughter the quality he values most: happiness. But, the mayor of Sainte-Simone (Michel Dolbec) doesn’t want a second generation of Frenchies…
  
  As one of the producers of "Le Bonheur de Pierre", an official co-production between France and Canada, Rahila Bootwala played a vital role in overseeing the overall development and management of the co-production between the French and Canadian teams. She worked closely in the casting of the French lead roles, along with co-producer Clémentine Dabadie, to ensure that the right talent was selected and also provided day-to-day administration of the French team during filming.