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Really Happy Someday (2024)

Really Happy Someday poster
Directed by
J Stevens
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A trans man musical theatre actor struggles after his changing voice causes him to bomb an audition. He begins working with a vocal coach to learn how to sing in his new register.

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What happens

Really Happy Someday is a Canadian drama film directed by J Stevens, and released in 2024. The film stars Breton Lalama as Z, a trans man musical theatre actor who unexpectedly botches an audition for a role due to the effects of his gender transition on his singing voice, and must work with a vocal coach to retrain himself to sing in his new register. The cast also includes Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez, Ali Garrison, Katharine King So, Aisha Evelyna, Lauren Beatty, Perrie Voss, Lior Maharjan, Marley Kajan and Paloma Nuñez in supporting roles. The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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