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We'll Find Happiness

2025 · 101 min

A tense, heartfelt drama about love under threat, asking you to sit with the characters' desperation and hope.

Directed by
Léa Pool
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer
Overview
Saad, a young Moroccan illegal immigrant, is planning a perilous journey to Canada with Reza, his Iranian lover. In Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his beloved from certain deportation to Iran, where inevitable punishment awaits.

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Directed by
Léa Pool
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • immigration
  • survival
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Léa Pool
Written by
Michel Marc Bouchard
Starring
Mehdi Meskar, Alexandre Landry, Aron Archer, Céline Bonnier, Sascha Ley, Jérôme Varanfrain, Joël Delsaut, Shiva Gholamianzadeh
Music
Kyan Bayani
Cinematography
Yves Bélanger
Runtime
101 min
Country
Canada, Luxembourg, Morocco
Languages
Arabic, English, French, Persian

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