Very Happy Alexander

Very Happy Alexander French Alexandre le bienheureux , Blissful Alexander is a 1968 French comedy film, directed by Yves Robert, starring Philippe Noiret, Marlne Jobert and Franoise Brion. This was comic actor Pierre Richards second appearancecitation needed on film, playing a secondary role toward the end of the plot.

Philippe Noiret plays a henpecked childless farmer that lives oppressed by his authoritarian and materialistic wife, being the only worker in his farm. Whenever he attempts to take a small rest, indulge in any distraction, or simply falls asleep out of exhaustion, there she is chasing him to move on. When she and her elderly parents are killed in a car accident, he decides that the time has come to take it easy and enjoy life a little, sets all his livestock free, and then practically disappears. The only clue that he is still alive is his dog, who periodically goes shopping to the nearby town with a basket in its mouth. Concerns about Alexanders fate are the center of the towns gossip. After several attempts, a delegation sent by the citizens finds he has retiredto his bed. This creates no small social upheaval in this workingclass small French town where hard work is regarded as a virtue, and hence his attitude is viewed as a scandal and a menace.

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