Boradcasts on VIVOLTA
in June 2011

Film SUMMARY

They say that the French are pessimistic! As quality of life increases, depression is rising at the same rate. However, in the West, our basic needs are largely met, and we have many forms of pleasure open to us, but apparently we are not any happier for it! Do the so-called pleasures of modern society cover up our true quest for happiness? What a paradox!

And just what is happiness? There lies a question we have wondered since Ancient times. Fulfillment is a complex, subjective notion, and our no. 1 concern. So, what does it take to be happy? How can we reconcile our dreams with reality?

I decided to ask women what they thought, bright women from different horizons, women whose lives and personalities have touched me, who will take the challenge of speaking to us about happiness, their happiness... and it’s contagious!
 
Through this film, you, and I, can see that we urgently need to be happy, starting now, at all costs, and to work towards our own happiness and the happiness of others on a daily basis!

With the contribution of:

the writter Benoîte Groult,
the students Margot, Albane et Tehani, 
the sociologist Hesna Caillau,
Maggy Barankitse from Burundi (Africa) and his humanitarian program Shalom, 
the lawyer Catherine Porge-Dorange,
Hakima Aït El Cadi, anthropologist and Deputy Mayor of Avignon,
Eléonore de Lacharrière, Fondation Culture and Diversity,
the nurse Stéphanie Dumonceau,
Joy Duval, volunteer,
et the international jumping horse ridder Eugénie Angot,
have in common, they are happy, all in different ways!