Heureux qui comme Ulysse...

Name: Heureux qui comme Ulysse...
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1970-07-08
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Fernandel, Rellys, Mireille Audibert

1970
1h 30m

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6.7/10

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Fernandel in Heureux qui comme Ulysse... (1970)

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For 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided... Read allFor 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his fai... Read allFor 25 years now, under the Provence sun, Antonin, a farmhand, has shared his work and everyday life with a horse named Ulysse. What a shock when Pascal, the farmer, tells him he has decided to sell Ulysse to a picador for being too old. Not only will he be separated from his faithful companion, but he is well aware too that the arenas of Arles mean death for Ulysse. ... Read all

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The title comes from a poem by the 16th century writer Du Bellay extolling the simple country life. Ulysses had participated in the sack of Troy and had travelled all around the world, but was not happy until he returned to his Ithaca home, his wife, and his son.

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References The Great Escape (1963)

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Heureux qui comme Ulysse
Music by Georges Delerue
Lyrics by Henri Colpi
Performed by Georges Brassens

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7/10

Fernandel says goodbye...

The ending of an extraordinary career which began at the beginning of the talkies ....He worked with the best directors (Christian-Jaque,Julien Duvivier,Marcel Pagnol,Autant-Lara,Becker..) and with the not-so-great but estimable ones (Verneuil,Grangier..) but he always remained himself ,Fernandel.All he had to do was act naturally.

Henri Colpi has made few movies."Une Aussi Longue Absence " was a beautiful film ,some kind of "Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles" with more elegance,modesty and emotion.Some consider "Codine" filmed in Romania his best.Probably deservedly so.

"Heureux qui comme Ulysse " (the title of which is borrowed from an eponymous Joachim Du Bellay poem from the sixteenth century) tells the story of an old horse,not able to work on a farm anymore .Next stop is the Arles arenas ,in other words ,death.The farmhand (Fernandel) who 's got to take the animal there decides to rebel against his boss's inhuman decision.

People who like Provence will love the magnificent landscapes (Saint-Rémy -de Provence,les Baux ,la Camargue).And there's also a moving song by Georges Brassens which superbly enhances the film.Should appeal to the whole family.