The Lovely Month of May

May 3, 1963

2h 45m

★ 8.0

So, how are you feeling?

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Sofracima

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Cast

Narrator (French version) (voice)

Yves Montand

Self / Interviewer (voice)

Chris Marker

Self (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard

Self (uncredited)

Anna Karina

Self (uncredited)

Edgar Morin

Self (uncredited)

Alain Resnais

Self (uncredited)

Jacques Rivette

Self (uncredited)

Jean Rouch

Narrator (English version) (voice)

Simone Signoret

Self

Charles de Gaulle

Self

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