''Trop de bonheur'' (English: ''Too Much Happiness'') is a 1994 French

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and '' Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film ''R ...

, who co-wrote the screenplay with

Ismaël Ferroukhi Ismaël Ferroukhi (born 26 June 1962) is a French- Moroccan film director and screenwriter. Ferroukhi was born in Kenitra. He gained exposure with his 1992 short film ''L'Exposé'', which won the Kodak Prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Foll ...

. The film won the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

's Youth Award, the

Prix Jean Vigo The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo. It was founded by French writer Claude Aveline. Since 1960, the award is given to a director of a feature film and ...

, and Special Mention at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema.

Cast

* Malek Bechar as Kamel * Naguime Bendidi * Didier Borga as Didier * Salah Bouchouareb *

Caroline Ducey Caroline Ducey (born Caroline Trousselard, 12 December 1976) is a French actress who has appeared in 34 films since 1994. Outside of her home country, she is best known for her controversial role in Catherine Breillat's 1999 film ''Romance'', a ...

as Mathilde *Emmanuel Gautier *Laetitia Palermo as Solange *Estelle Perron as Valerie

External links

* * Films directed by Cédric Kahn French comedy-drama films 1994 comedy-drama films 1994 films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub