La Maison du Bonheur
| La Maison du Bonheur | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Dany Boon |
| Produced by | Claude Berri |
| Written by | Dany Boon |
| Starring |
Dany Boon Michèle Laroque Daniel Prévost |
| Music by | Philippe Rombi |
| Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
| Edited by | Luc Barnie |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathé |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $10.5 million |
| Box office | $7.3 million[1] |
La Maison du Bonheur (The House of Happiness) is a 2006 French comedy film directed by Dany Boon, adapted from the play La Vie de chantier (Life on a building site).
Plot
Charles Boulin is a debt collector for a credit company called Crédilem.
After his wife Anne accuses him of being tight-fisted, he decides to surprise her by buying a house in the country... but before he manages to do so the house is snatched up by one of his colleagues. In his disappointment he steals his colleague's bag which contains the signed deeds. As he has already been given several warnings at work, he is sacked on the spot.
To reduce renovation costs, Charles Boulin seeks the help of Jean-Pierre Draquart, the shifty estate agent who sold him the second house in his catalogue. This swindler calls up his "best team": Mouloud Mami and Donatello Pirelli - who as workers are both perfectly incompetent. As the renovation progresses, the house gradually turns into ruins.
Charles soon finds himself in debt after being refused a bank loan and then has to sell the family apartment without letting his wife or daughter find out. He survives on odd jobs, whilst scheming in order to convince his family to move into the "new" house...
Cast
- Dany Boon as Charles Boulin
- Michèle Laroque as Anne Boulin
- Daniel Prévost as Jean-Pierre Draquart
- Zinedine Soualem as Mouloud Mami
- Laurent Gamelon as Donatello Pirelli
- Line Renaud as Aunt Suzanne Bailleul
- Michel Vuillermoz as Jacques Kurtz
- Ariane Séguillon as Nicole Kurtz
- Gaëlle Bona as Élisabeth
- Antoine Chappey as Alexis Boulin
- Laure Sirieix as Norah Boulin
- Frédéric Bouraly as The doctor
- Jacqueline Jehanneuf as The house owner
- Jean Dell as The notary
- Didier Flamand as Banker
- Thierry Desroses as Architect
- David Strajmayster as McDonald's manager
Box office
| Country | Admissions [2] |
|---|---|
| France | 1,146,962 [3] |
| Spain | 54,101 |
| Belgium | 5,803 |
| Switzerland | 2,259 [4] |
| Luxembourg | 760 |
Discography
The CD soundtrack, including the scores of Nothing to Declare and Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, all composed by Philippe Rombi.