''Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!'' (also known as ''What Are We Waiting for to Be Happy!'') is a 1982 French

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by

Coline Serreau Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French people, French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris,

and starring

Henri Garcin Henri Garcin (born Anton Albers; 11 April 1928 – 13 June 2022) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1956 to 2022. Selected filmography * '' Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' (1957) * '' Mata Hari, Agent H21'' (1964) * ...

. The film was screened at the 39th edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

.Stefano Reggiani. "Ecco i film che a Venezia si contendono i Leoni d'oro". ''

La Stampa (English: "The Press") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin with an average circulation of 87,143 copies in May 2023. Distributed in Italy and other European nations, it is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Until the late 1970 ...

'' (183). 28 July 1982.

Plot

Cast

as The Film Director *

Évelyne Buyle Évelyne Buyle (born 3 June 1948) is a French people, French actress. Career Passionate about theater from a very young age, she joined ''L’école de la rue Blanche'' to learn the basics of acting. She then took classes with Maurice Escande to ...

Jean Harlow Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the ...

Pierre Vernier Pierre Vernier (; 19 August 1580 at Ornans, Franche-Comté (at that time ruled by the Spanish Habsburgs, now part of France) – 14 September 1637, same location) was a mathematician and instrument inventor. He was the inventor and eponym o ...

Rudolph Valentino Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known sile ...

* Romain Bouteille as Joachim * André Julien as M. Tiermond *

Annick Alane Annick Alane (5 September 1925 – 28 October 2019) was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac. Filmography *1957: ''Les Truands'' (directed by Carlo Rim) *1965: ''Les Pieds dans le plâtre'' (directed by Jacques Fabbri an ...

as Lulu *

Bernard Alane Bernard Alane (born Bernard Noël Vetel; 25 December 1948) is a French actor and singer. He is the son of actress Annick Alane. He is best known in France for his roles in two films directed by Edouard Molinaro, '' Hibernatus'' and '' Mon oncl ...

as The product manager *

Michel Berto Michel Berto (; 25 December 1939 in Grenoble – 2 January 1996 in Paris) was a French actor. He was married to the actresses Juliet Berto and Marie Berto. His body was found on 3 January 1996, hence the exact date of his death is uncertai ...

as Mr. Everybody *

Laure Duthilleul Laure Duthilleul (born 14 January 1959) is a French actress, director and screenwriter. She has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1981. She has appeared in five films that have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival ...

as The dresser * Elisabeth Wiener *

Tanya Lopert Tanya Lopert (born 19 June 1942 in New York City) is a French actress and the daughter of Ilya Lopert Ilya Lopert (May 1, 1905 – February 27, 1971) was an American film producer and distributor. He was renowned for distributing foreign films ...

References

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* 1982 comedy films 1982 films Films directed by Coline Serreau French comedy films 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub