Montreal 1992 —Estranged from his cancer-stricken mother, Stan, a quixotic 19-year-old, dons a disguise and joins a therapy workshop for disfigured patients in a misguided attempt to reconnect with her.
Happy Face
Part autobiographical coming-of-age story, part Dungeons & Dragons fuelled fable, part antitode to the Tyranny of Beauty,
No makeup, no sfx, no filter.
This is HAPPY FACE
HAPPY FACE, written by Alexandre Franchi & Joëlle Bourjolly and directed by Alexandre Franchi, is basedon autobiographical events as Alexandre grew up witnessing his single mother’s struggle with cancer. The other characters in the film are real persons with facial differences playing a fictionalized version of themselves.
Stan
Robin L’houmeau
Vanessa
Debbie Lynch-White
Otis
David Roche
Augustine
Noémie Kocher
Buck
Cindy Nicholsen
Jocko
Eddie Ramon Ruiz Jr.
Maggie
Alison Midstokke
Leslie
Pauline Beal
Petra
Dawn Shaw
Mike
Keith Widgington
“Dangerous Dave”
Daniel Boloten
Paulette
Rosalie Julien
Van
Dinh S Nguyen
Josephine
Romy Gendelmen
Marc
Dean Perseo
Markus
Paul Zinno
- DirectorAlexandre Franchi
- WritersJoëlle Bourjolly & Alexandre Franchi
- ProducersAlexandre Franchi & Stephane Gérin-Lajoie
- Executive ProducerEster Velasco
- CinematographerClaudine Sauvé
- Production DesignerValérie-Jeanne Matthieu
- Costume DesignersMohammed Al Nami & Guy Cloutier
- EditorsHubert Hayaud & Amélie Labrèche
- Sound recordistChristian Bouchard
- Sound DesignerMartin Pinsonnault
- Music ComposerGabriel Scotti
- SFX MakeupC.J. Goldman
- VFXGregory A. Kaufman
- Production ManagerMylène Corbeil
- 1st Assistant DirectorAlexandra Larocque-Pierre
- CastingNadia Rona & Vera Miller
