Underplayed Gems

A Million Happy Nows (2017)

A Million Happy Nows poster
Directed by
Albert Alarr
Genre
drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A soap opera actress and her partner move to a beach house hoping for a fresh start. They must navigate their changing relationship after the actress is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.

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What happens

A Million Happy Nows is a 2017 American independent drama film written by Marisa Calin and directed by Albert Alarr. The film stars Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia as a lesbian couple dealing with the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's. Veteran actress Lainey Allen (Chappell) is tired of being sidelined for younger talent on the soap she has starred in for twenty years. Coupled with finding it harder to retain her lines, she decides not to renew her contract, and she and her publicist and partner, Eva Morales (Leccia), move to a beach house overlooking the ocean on the Central California coast. The move highlights some small changes in Lainey’s personality – mild depression that Eva puts down to leaving the show. But when Lainey starts to forget more than can be attributed to stress, Eva insists on a visit to the doctor. A Million Happy Nows chronicles Lainey and Eva’s changing relationship as they struggle to deal with the diagnosis of Lainey’s Early Onset Alzheimer’s, the prospect of an indomitable woman’s future of dependence and her single support system – the woman who was once in awe of her, became everything to her, and will now look after her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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