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The Happy Housewife
Directed byAntoinette Beumer
Written byMarnie Blok
Karin van Holst Pellekaan
Heleen van Royen
Produced byBert Nijdam
Ronald van Wechem
Hans de Weers
StarringCarice van Houten
Waldemar Torenstra
Marcel Hensema
CinematographyBert Pot
Edited byAnnelien van Wijnbergen
Music byTom Holkenborg
Distributed byBenelux Film Distributors
Release date
  • 12 April 2010 (2010-04-12) (Amsterdam)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget€1.8 million
Box office€2,263,291 (Netherlands)

The Happy Housewife (Dutch: De gelukkige huisvrouw) is a 2010 Dutch-language film directed by Antoinette Beumer. It stars Carice van Houten as Lea, a housewife who has trouble adjusting to the birth of her son.