Happy Face (film)

Happy Face is a Canadian drama film, directed by Alexandre Franchi and released in 2018.[1] 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.[2]

Happy Face
Directed byAlexandre Franchi
Produced byAlexandre Franchi
Stéphane Gérin-Lajoie
Written byJoëlle Bourjolly
Alexandre Franchi
StarringRobin L'Houmeau
Debbie Lynch-White
Alison Midstokke
CinematographyClaudine Sauvé
Edited byHubert Hayaud
Amélie Labrèche
Production
company
Les Films de la Mancha
Line & Content
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06) (FNC)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Debbie Lynch-White also appears as 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.[2]

The film premiered in October 2018 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] before going into limited theatrical release the following month.[4] It had its American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2019.[5]

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019.[6] Midstokke received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[7]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Happy Face – Film d’Alexandre Franchi". Films du Québec, November 3, 2018.
  2. Alex Rose, "Happy Face turns its camera towards the facially different". Cult MTL, November 9, 2018.
  3. Matthew Hays, "Why This Movie Cast People Who Are Facially Different". Vice, October 3, 2018.
  4. André Lavoie, "«Happy Face»: bas les masques". Le Devoir, November 10, 2018.
  5. Chuck Foster, "Happy Face". Film Threat, April 26, 2019.
  6. "«Happy Face» remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Le Journal de Montréal, March 30, 2019.
  7. Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.
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