Crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz has invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons — and a mad herd of rival spies are desperate to get their hands on the device, including a sect of bald, turtleneck-wearing assassins.

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.