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The Lovely Month of May

"So, how are you feeling?"

Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.

Top Cast

  • Yves Montand

    Yves Montand

    Narrator (French version) (voice)

  • Chris Marker

    Chris Marker

    Self / Interviewer (voice)

  • Jean-Luc Godard

    Jean-Luc Godard

    Self (uncredited)

  • Anna Karina

    Anna Karina

    Self (uncredited)

  • Edgar Morin

    Edgar Morin

    Self (uncredited)

  • Alain Resnais

    Alain Resnais

    Self (uncredited)

  • Jacques Rivette

    Jacques Rivette

    Self (uncredited)

  • Jean Rouch

    Jean Rouch

    Self (uncredited)

  • Simone Signoret

    Simone Signoret

    Narrator (English version) (voice)

Overview

Candid interviews of ordinary people on the meaning of happiness, an often amorphous and inarticulable notion that evokes more basic and fundamentally egalitarian ideals of self-betterment, prosperity, tolerance, economic opportunity, and freedom.

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