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H Is for Happiness

2021 · 96 min

A gentle, offbeat charmer that balances quirky humour with tender family drama, leaving you quietly uplifted.

Tagline
Happiness is inside all of us. You just have to find it.
Overview
A twelve-year-old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world is inspired by the strange new boy at school, and sets out to mend her broken family – whatever it takes.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family
Directed by
John Sheedy
Written by
Lisa Hoppe
Starring
Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes, Joel Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Cath Moore
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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