Happy End (2017 film)

Happy End
Film poster
Directed byMichael Haneke
Written byMichael Haneke
Produced byMargaret Ménégoz
Starring
CinematographyChristian Berger
Edited byMonika Willi
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Les Films du Losange (France)
  • X-Verleih (Germany)
  • Filmladen (Austria)
Release dates
  • 22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 12 October 2017 (2017-10-12) (Germany)
  • 18 October 2017 (2017-10-18) (France)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Austria
LanguagesEnglish[2]
French[2]
Box office$1.8 million[3]

Happy End is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, and starring Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant, who had also played daughter and father in Haneke's 2012 film Amour.

The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5][6] Released in the United States on 22 December 2017 by Sony Pictures Classics, it was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[7] Huppert and Trintignant were nominated for European Film Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor respectively.

  1. ^ "Happy End". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "HAPPY END | British Board of Film Classification". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Happy End (2017)". The-Numbers.com. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 13 April 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (13 April 2017). "Sofia Coppola, Todd Haynes, Michael Haneke, Bong-Joon Ho & 'Twin Peaks' Lead 2017 Cannes Film Festival Line Up". The Playlist. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  7. ^ dpa (6 September 2017). "Hanekes "Happy End" im Oscar-Rennen". SVZ. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.