Happiness: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tehran today. In Persian, Shadi means "happiness", a name that is not always easy to carry, especially when you're 17 and find your mother suffocating and your father with absent subscribers. In search of independence and in conflict with his mother who only tells him about their next emigration to France, Shadi decides to run away and takes his best friend and two boys with her on a journey that is both chaotic and initiatory through the 'Iran.

Series details

• Title: Happiness
• Format: Scripted
• Language: French
• Genres: Drama, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2021-09-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ARTE
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 7 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61365
• IMDb ID: tt15628390
• TVDB ID: 409448

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-09-20; final listed air date 2021-09-20; episode order: 15.
• Season 2: premiered 2026-06-29; final listed air date 2026-06-29; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Happiness on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.