Happiness (1998 film)

Happiness
vibrant photorealistic drawing of a lot of people standing in front of an orange gradient beneath the title.
Theatrical release poster by Daniel Clowes
Directed byTodd Solondz
Written byTodd Solondz
Produced byTed Hope
Christine Vachon
Starring
CinematographyMaryse Alberti
Edited byAlan Oxman
Music byRobbie Kondor
Production
company
Distributed byGood Machine Releasing
Release date
  • October 16, 1998 (1998-10-16)
Running time
139 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Budget$2.2 million [2]
Box office$5.7 million[3]

Happiness is a 1998 American black comedy film written and directed by Todd Solondz, that portrays the lives of three sisters, their families, and those around them. The film was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for "its bold tracking of controversial contemporary themes, richly-layered subtext, and remarkable fluidity of visual style," and the cast received the National Board of Review award for best ensemble performance.[4]

The film spawned the pseudosequel Life During Wartime, which premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.

  1. ^ "Happiness (18)". British Board of Film Classification. October 27, 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Biskind, Peter (2004). Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film. Simon and Schuster. pp. 298–299. ISBN 978-0-684-86259-0.
  3. ^ "Happiness (1998)". The Numbers.
  4. ^ "1998 Archives". National Board of Review. Retrieved May 18, 2023.