HAPPY END
by Amos Kollek
synopsis
Val, a twenty-three-year old French actress, arrives in New York, ready to take the Big Apple by storm. Living a hand to mouth existence, she passes her time juggling odd jobs and auditions. A screenwriter lacking inspiration and a psychopathic lesbian are just some of the people she comes across.
Things go from bad to worse, but Val has promised her mother that she'd become a star. And sometimes life turns out to be a fairy tale come true.
international title: | Happy End |
original title: | Nowhere to Go But Up |
working title: | All the Way to the Top |
country: | France, United States, Germany |
sales agent: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Amos Kollek |
film run: | 88' |
release date: | FR 24/12/2003 |
screenplay: | Amos Kollek |
cast: | Audrey Tautou, Justin Théroux, Jennifer Tilly, Laila Robins, Catherine Curtain, Franck Pellegrino, Jenna Lamia, Juan Carlos Hernandez |
cinematography by: | Ken Kelsch |
film editing: | Jeffrey Marc Harkavy, Luc Barnier |
art director: | Deana Sidney |
costumes designer: | Kathryn Nixon |
music: | Chico Freeman |
producer: | Frédéric Robbes, Alain Sarde |
production: | FRP - Frédéric Robbes Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde |
distributor: | Mars Films Distribution |