And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) USA
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Director:Louis Malle
Studio:Pretty Mouse Films
Producer:And the Pursuit of Happiness ( La Poursuite du bonheur ), And the Pursuit of Happiness, La Poursuite du bonheur
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2013-02-28
UPC:9322225048546
Genre:French films
IMDb:0092561
Duration:78
Sound:Mono
Languages:English
Subtitles:none
LAC code:300010599
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Louis Malle  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Louis Malle  ...  Narrator
General Samosa  ...  Himself
Derek Walcott  ...  Himself
Nancy Baker  ...  Editor
Summary: Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: For a period of about three months, celebrated French director Louis Malle grabbed his camera and took a tour of immigrant communities and individual refugees across the United States. The results are fun to watch as they are peppered liberally with good humor. When Cambodian refugees come into America with bags of rice, the narration notes that "for the Cambodians, rice is survival, for the immigration officers, it is microbes." Several success stories are seen and in some ways the documentary is weighted in that direction. A West Ghanan makes good with a taxi company he started, a Korean applies to several top ten universities, and in a political flub of the worst kind, the mansion of exiled General Somoza from Nicaragua is shown with the comment that the infamous General is "becoming a regular suburbanite. ...And the Pursuit of Happiness ( La Poursuite du bonheur )