The Happiness Effect

‘Moscou’ is a densely populated working class neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ghent, Belgium. Matty, mother of three, bumps her car into a truck on the parking lot of a supermarket. Johnny climbs down from the cabin. He is infuriated by the dent in his front bumper and yells at Matty. Although impressed by the accident, Matty fights ...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Christophe Van Rompaey

Cast

Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her ...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Vladimir Menshov

Cast

Vera Alentova, Irina Muravyova

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

David Swift

Cast

Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Maurice Tourneur

Cast

Tula Belle, Robin Macdougall, Edwin E. Reed

To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Edwin L. Marin

Cast

Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Freddie Bartholomew