Happy Days
Happy Days

Happy Days (2000)

None | Ireland | English | 79 min
Directed by: Patricia Rozema
6.8

Happy Days is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's challenging absurdist drama, a play most would deem unfilmable. Faithfully adhering to Beckett's minimalist original, a black parody of love, marriage, and our search for meaning in an unfathomable universe, the piece consists of but two pathetic characters. One, wife Winnie, spends the duration of the drama half-buried in a pile of dirt; in true Beckett fashion, her predicament is never explained. The other character, husband Willie, is almost never seen. Dublin stage and screen veteran Rosaleen Linehan, in the lead, is exceptional as the trapped woman clinging to the empty, arbitrary routines and rituals of life, ever hopeful that 'this is going to be a happy day.'

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Release Date

Italy
(Venice Film Festival)
2000-08-31
Canada
(Toronto International Film Festival)
2000-09-14

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Happy Days
(Original title)
Beckett: Onnelliset päivät
Finland
Lyckans dar
Sweden

Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated