Happy End
Michael Haneke's ensemble film portrays a family: In Calais, the aging, well-off Georges Laurent is living under one roof with several generations of his family. Among them are his daughter Anne, who leads the family-owned construction company, her fiancé as well as her grown-up son Pierre. Also George's son Thomas, married for a second time, lives in the family mansion with his wife and their child. His teenage daughter Eve from his first marriage also belongs to the family. They are all served by the Moroccan couple Rachid and Jamila, who the family took in because of the unbearable conditions in the refugee camp. Together the Laurents play happy families to hide that underneath it all, things are starting to fall apart: After an employee work accident, Anne considers selling the family business, Eve finds out that her father is leading a double life, Pierre is suffering from depression and George has become weary of life. Now, he is in desperate need of someone willing to assist his dying.
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Anne Laurent
- Georges Laurent
- Thomas Laurent
- Ève Laurent
- Pierre Laurent
- Anaïs Laurent
- Nathalie
- Lawrence Bradshaw
- Maître Barin
- Selin
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Production design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Cast
- Anne Laurent
- Georges Laurent
- Thomas Laurent
- Ève Laurent
- Pierre Laurent
- Anaïs Laurent
- Nathalie
- Lawrence Bradshaw
- Maître Barin
- Selin
- Zeuge
- Frisör
- Opfer
- Gambistin
- Inspektor
- Inspektor
- Zeugin
- Immobilienmaklerin
- Rachid
- Rezeptionistin
- Bankdirektor
- Jamila
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Executive producer
Unit production manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 27.06.2016 - 09.09.2016: Calais, Lille, Doué, London, Paris und Südfrankreich
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.08.2017, 170980, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (FR): Mai 2017, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 25.06.2017, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 12.10.2017
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Happy End
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.08.2017, 170980, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (FR): Mai 2017, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 25.06.2017, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 12.10.2017