Happiness video still (1998)

HappinessOggy Boytchev’s Controversial Film Festival

5 May to 3 August 2012 V22 F Block

Happiness (1998) is a comedy drama by provocative director Todd Solondz. With its richly layered subtext, the film caused outrage by what was seen as a sympathetic portrayal of paedophilia. The film explores themes of rape, suicide and overwhelming loneliness. One of the most notable characters is that of Philip Seymour Hoffman's repulsive misfit Allen, who engages in bizarre phone sex with a neighbour and becomes the object of desire by an overweight female serial killer. 

Presented by Fine Line Cinema

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