And the Pursuit of Happiness(Movie, 1986)

Name: And the Pursuit of Happiness
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986
Duration: T01:21:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 21min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

And the Pursuit of Happiness (French: La poursuite du bonheur) is a 1986 documentary film for television directed by Louis Malle about the experiences of immigrants in the United States during the 1980s. It was originally released as part of HBO's America Undercover series on Independence Day 1986. The film "appeared at a time when immigrants from Latin America and Asia for the first time outnumbered those coming from Europe". It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. It was released on public television in 1988 and won a Peabody Award the following year. ()

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In 1986, Louis Malle (himself a transplant to the United States) set out to investigate the ever-widening range of immigrant experience in America. Interviewing a variety of newcomers — from teachers to astronauts to doctors — in communities from coast to coast, Malle paints a humane portrait of their individual struggles in an increasingly polyglot nation.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Pretty Mouse Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 01/01/1986

Director: Louis Malle

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"… And the Pursuit of Happiness"

Keywords: west indian, immigrant

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