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Happy End (2003)

Happy End poster
Directed by
Amos Kollek
Genre
drama film, sitcom, romantic comedy
Country
Germany, France, United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
12
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young French woman moves to New York City to pursue acting. She meets a screenwriter who is struggling to write.

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What happens

Happy End, also known as Nowhere to Go but Up, is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Amos Kollek. It stars Audrey Tautou and Justin Theroux, with Laila Robins, Catherine Curtin, Frank Pellegrino, Jenna Lamia, Juan Carlos Hernández and Jennifer Tilly in supporting roles. An international co-production of France, the United States and Germany, the film follows a young French woman who has come to New York City to try her luck as an actress, crossing paths with a screenwriter suffering from writer's block along the way. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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