La Maison du Bonheur
La Maison du Bonheur | |
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Directed by | Dany Boon |
Written by | Dany Boon |
Produced by | Claude Berri |
Starring | Dany Boon Michèle Laroque Daniel Prévost |
Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
Edited by | Luc Barnie |
Music by | Philippe Rombi |
Production companies | Pathé Renn Productions Hirsch TF1 Films Production Les Productions du Ch'timi |
Distributed by | Pathé |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $10.5 million |
Box office | $7.3 million[1] |
La Maison du Bonheur (The House of Happiness) is a 2006 French comedy film directed by Dany Boon, adapted from the play La Vie de chantier (Life on a building site).
Plot[]
Charles Boulin is a debt collector for a credit company called Crédilem.
After his wife Anne accuses him of being tight-fisted, he decides to surprise her by buying a house in the country... but before he manages to do so the house is snatched up by one of his colleagues. In his disappointment he steals his colleague's bag which contains the signed deeds. As he has already been given several warnings at work, he is sacked on the spot.
To reduce renovation costs, Charles Boulin seeks the help of Jean-Pierre Draquart, the shifty estate agent who sold him the second house in his catalogue. This swindler calls up his "best team": Mouloud Mami and Donatello Pirelli - who as workers are both perfectly incompetent. As the renovation progresses, the house gradually turns into ruins.
Charles soon finds himself in debt after being refused a bank loan and then has to sell the family apartment without letting his wife or daughter find out. He survives on odd jobs, whilst scheming in order to convince his family to move into the "new" house...
Cast[]
- Dany Boon as Charles Boulin
- Michèle Laroque as Anne Boulin
- Daniel Prévost as Jean-Pierre Draquart
- Zinedine Soualem as Mouloud Mami
- Laurent Gamelon as Donatello Pirelli
- Line Renaud as Aunt Suzanne Bailleul
- Michel Vuillermoz as Jacques Kurtz
- as Nicole Kurtz
- as Élisabeth
- Antoine Chappey as Alexis Boulin
- as Norah Boulin
- Frédéric Bouraly as The doctor
- as The house owner
- Jean Dell as The notary
- Didier Flamand as Banker
Box office[]
Country | Admissions [2] |
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France | 1,146,962[3] |
Spain | 54,101 |
Belgium | 5,803 |
Switzerland | 2,259 [4] |
Luxembourg | 760 |
Discography[]
The CD soundtrack, including the scores of Nothing to Declare and Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, all composed by Philippe Rombi.
References[]
- ^ "La Maison du bonheur (2006)- JPBox-Office". Jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "LUMIERE : Film: La Maison du bonheur". Lumiere.obs.coe.int. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Coudurier, Laurent. "CBO : Tous les chiffres du box office en France". Cbo-boxoffice.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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External links[]
- 2006 films
- French-language films
- 2006 comedy films
- French comedy films
- French films
- Films directed by Dany Boon
- Films set in France
- Films shot in France
- Films produced by Claude Berri
- French films based on plays
- Pathé films