Happy Face (2018)
- Directed by
- Alexandre Franchi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A young man in Montreal struggles with his mother's cancer treatment. He disguises himself with bandages and joins a support group for people with facial disfigurements to better understand her experience.
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What happens
Happy Face is a Canadian drama film, directed by Alexandre Franchi and released in 2018. The film stars Robin L'Houmeau as Stan, a young man from Montreal who tries to cope with his mother's cancer treatment, which has disfigured her appearance, by disguising himself with bandages and joining a support group for people with disfiguring facial conditions in the hopes of better understanding her situation. Debbie Lynch-White plays Vanessa, the nurse who leads the support group, while the members of the support group are portrayed by real people with facial disabilities, including motivational speaker David Roche and actress and model Alison Midstokke. The film premiered in October 2018 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma, before going into limited theatrical release the following month. It had its American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2019. The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019. Midstokke received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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