Happy F****** Endings
Synopsis
Old friends Rachel and Iain, both in their 20s, desperately pursue their independent paths to what they think is true love, whilst slowly realising their love for one another. As their story reaches its inevitable happy ending, Clare, who so far has simply been a pawn in their courtship reveals that she is in fact in control of the path their story takes. Bored by the naïve developments Rachel and Iain’s story has taken thus far, she decides to make them re-live the scenes of their budding romance desperately trying to find a way to make a new love-story. However as things progress it looks that she may have to just face up to the reality that perhaps a romantic comedy will never really be able to break it's own rules, and that, inevitably, there will always be a happy f****** ending.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Chris Thompson 1st Feature
- Editor
- Chris Thompson
- Screenwriter
- Chris Thompson
- Director of Photography
- Leo Bruges
- Production Designer
- Ailean Stuart
- Sound
- Tim Dyer
- Composer
- David Amos
- Principal cast
- Jamie Macdonald, Jennie Cook, Kirstin Maclean, Iain Gunn
Categories
Production Status
Sales Company
Left Ltd
PO Box 60356London WC1X 8UU
UK
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