H IS FOR HAPPINESS

H IS FOR HAPPINESS
Das Blubbern von Glück

EröffnungsfilmRegie John Sheedy
Australien 2019

Produktion Julie Ryan, Tenille Kennedy, Lisa Hoppe
Buch Lisa Hoppe
Kamera Bonnie Elliott
Montage Johanna Scott
Musik Nerida Tyson-Chew
mit Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Joel Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Miriam Margolyes

Englisch
dt. Einsprache · 103 Min.
empfohlen ab 8 Jahren

Fr, 21.02. 15:30 Uhr Urania
So, 23.02. 12:30 Uhr Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Di, 25.02. 09:30 Uhr Zoo Palast 1
Mi, 26.02. 11:00 Uhr Cubix 8
So, 01.03. 09:30 Uhr Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

Für Candice Phee beginnt eine abenteuerliche Mission, als sich das Mädchen im Rahmen eines Schulprojekts zum Ziel setzt, ihre von Trauer und Streit zerrüttete Familie zu versöhnen. Unerschütterlich enthusiastisch – und dabei nicht selten ungewollt komisch – setzt sie sich für das Glück ihrer Mitmenschen ein. In ihrem neuen Mitschüler Douglas Benson, der fest daran glaubt, aus einer anderen Dimen- sion gefallen zu sein, findet sie einen unerwarteten Komplizen und glühenden Verehrer. Zwischen fantastischem Märchenwald und kleinstädtischer Gradlinigkeit, basierend auf Barry Jonsbergs Erfolgs- roman „Das Blubbern von Glück“, buchstabiert Theaterregisseur John Sheedy das Leben in all seinen bunten Facetten durch. Von A bis Z.

Young Candice Phee finds herself on an adventurous mission when, as part of a school project, she resolves to become a peacemaker in her quarrelsome, grief-ridden family. She is doggedly enthusiastic – and often unintentionally comical – as she devotes herself to making others happy. Her new schoolmate Douglas Benson believes that he has come from another dimension, but he turns out to be an unexpected ally and an ardent admirer. Based on Barry Jonsberg‘s novel ‘‘My Life as an Alphabet ‘‘, theatre director John Sheedy‘s film adaptation portrays all the colourful facets of life between a fantastical, magical forest and small-town conservatism. From A to Z.

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