A Million Happy Nows (2017)

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

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.

melancholicintimateslow-burnemotionaltenderheartfeltsoberingrelationship-focused

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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