And the Pursuit of Happiness
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And the Pursuit of Happiness
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For a period of about three months, celebrated French director Louis Malle grabbed his camera and took a tour of immigrant communities and individual refugees across the United States. The results are fun to watch as they are peppered liberally with good humor. When Cambodian refugees come into America with bags of rice, the narration notes that "for the Cambodians, rice is survival, for the immigration officers, it is microbes." Several success stories are seen and in some ways the documentary is weighted in that direction. A West Ghanan makes good with a taxi company he started, a Korean applies to several top ten universities, and in a political flub of the worst kind, the mansion of exiled General Somoza from Nicaragua is shown with the comment that the infamous General is "becoming a regular suburbanite." ~ Eleanor Mannikka, RoviCast
Louis Malle - NarratorCredit
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| Directed by | Louis Malle |
| Produced by | James Bruce |
| Narrated by | Louis Malle |
| Cinematography | Louis Malle |
| Editing by | Nancy Baker |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
And the Pursuit of Happiness (French: La poursuite du bonheur ) is a 1986 documentary film directed by Louis Malle about the experiences of immigrants in the United States during the 1980s. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Louis Malle - Narrator
- General José R. Somoza - Himself
- Derek Walcott - Himself
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: And the Pursuit of Happiness". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/462/year/1987.html. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
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