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Happy 50

2022 · 99 min

A breezy French buddy comedy where a ruined holiday turns into petty squabbles and warm reconciliations, easy to watch and mildly amusing.

Directed by
Eric Lavaine
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lambert Wilson, Franck Dubosc, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Overview
To celebrate Yves’ 50th birthday, his friends plan to take him to the sunny paradise of Paros in Greece. But due to a cancelled flight, the holiday will take place in a far less glamorous and much rainier destination: Yves’ family home in Brittany. During the vacation, their bonds are challenged by Antoine’s constant complaining, Yves’ pride, Baptiste’s superstition and Laurent’s jealousy of Jean-Mich’s perfect life and family. On top of that, Antoine’s supposedly harmless joke – offering Yves a DNA ancestry test – has unforeseen consequences…

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Directed by
Eric Lavaine
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lambert Wilson, Franck Dubosc, Guillaume de Tonquédec
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • healing
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Eric Lavaine
Written by
Eric Lavaine, Héctor Cabello Reyes
Starring
Lambert Wilson, Franck Dubosc, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Jérôme Commandeur, Caroline Anglade, Lionel Abelanski, Lysiane Meis, Sophie Duez
Music
Grégory Louis, Lucas Lavaine
Cinematography
Antoine Roch
Runtime
99 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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