Days of Happiness movie storylne. Charismatic, gifted Emma (Sophie Desmarais, who starred in Robichaud’s breakout, Sarah Prefers to Run, TIFF ’13) is on track to become a major player on the Quebec classical music scene. Audiences are enraptured by her work, but her career is very closely managed by her controlling father, Patrick (Sylvain Marcel), who’s also her agent.
After years of acquiescing to his demands, Emma is finally in a position to re-evaluate both their professional and personal relationships — and that’s when cellist and single mother Naëlle (Nour Belkhiria) enters her life, offering her the chance to experience an entirely different type of family dynamic.
Days of Happiness (French: Les jours heureux) is a 2023 Canadian drama film written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. The film stars Sophie Desmarais as Emma, an orchestra conductor who is navigating her toxic relationship with her father and agent Patrick (Sylvain Marcel) and her budding new romantic relationship with Naëlle (Nour Belkhiria) as she considers a great new career opportunity with a prestigious orchestra.
Members of the Orchestre Métropolitain perform in the film as the orchestra Emma leads, and real-life OM conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin served as a creative consultant on the film to ensure that it represented the dynamics of orchestral performance and management accurately.
Days of Happiness (2024)
Les Jours Heureux
Directed by: Chloé Robichaud
Starring: Sophie Desmarais, Sylvain Marcel, Nour Belkhiria, Maude Guérin, Cassandra Latreille, Vincent Leclerc, Yves Jacques, Katherine Levac, Liliane Blanco-Binette, Christian Paul
Screenplay by: Chloé Robichaud
Cinematography by: Ariel Méthot
Film Editing by: Yvann Thibaudeau
Costume Design by: Francesca Chamberland
Art Direction by: Camille Barrantès, Antoine Quimper, Louisa Schabas
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Maison 4:3 (Canada, 2023)
Release Date: May 31, 2024
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