Will happiness find us?
Written and directed by Marine Guizy
How can we be happy in a world in ruins? A young filmmaker probes her peers' capacity for happiness, drawing an exhilarating portrait of a generation determined to invent rather than reproduce.
In the course of her encounters, between anxieties and hopes, in the intimacy of a studious room or on the zinc of a lively bar, the 28-year-old director gathers the confidences of these young people (aged between 20 and 35) confronted with the same questions as she is. There's the woman who's already divorced at 23 and gone back to school; the man who finds a raison d'être by running his local bistro; the seasonal harvest workers who break the routine by clearing their heads; the woman who gave up her «dream job» in a prestigious company to become a cabinetmaker and young mother; the one who is intoxicated by the illusion of love; the one who measures herself at the «Privilege Bingo»; the one who takes the measure of his own privileges; the one who is fed up with yoga and meditation; the one who rebuilds a world for polymorphs. And all those who put their bodies into a trance and experience the ecstasy of the present moment.
From bars to skateparks, from rap trap parties to the most remote farms, a thoughtful, calm, confident and serenely radical uniqueness is gradually emerging, where poetry and sensitivity fuel questioning, both at work and in private life. Listening, with kindness and empathy, reveals fragments of happiness that each person has gone out to conquer. There are no such thing as blessed people. Just fleeting moments of emotion that offer a glimpse of an ideal made up of energy, tenderness and sharing, in the midst of an ocean of bitterness, absurd injunctions and contained rage.
Directed by: Marine Guizy
Written by: Marine Guizy
Production: YAMI 2 - Christophe Nick
Broadcaster: ARTE
Year of release: 2020
Duration: 75 min

Marine Guizy was asked to film a portrait of a generation, the so-called «Y» generation - those aged between 18 and 30 who seem to evolve in a rift of uncertainties and sudden hopes. The result is a sensitive and enlightening documentary - Maze








