Ils Se Marièrent Et Eurent Beaucoup d'Enfants
(Happily Ever After)
L'inconnu
2004

Directed by: Yvan Attal

Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat, Alain Cohen, Johnny Depp




Vincent is suffering from marital ennui and beginning to cheat on his wife Gabrielle despite their playful affection and stable partnership of adoration for their young son. Georges is miserable under the thumb of a bitter wife on a rampage of feminism. Both envy unmarried playboy Fred, who sleeps with a string of much younger women but says he wishes to be in love, married and with kids. As the story evolves, the focus slips slowly, smoothly and absorbingly toward Gabrielle, whose quiet knowledge of her husband's infidelity becomes the catalyst for her own heart to wander. Triggered by a brief moment of nervous chemistry with an alluring American stranger as they listen to the same CD on a headphone kiosk at a record store, the narrative begins tapping into her sometimes passionate, sometimes melancholy daydreams, and exploring her uncertainty about the future of her marriage.