My Happy Ending is a poignant and funny female ensemble comedy about four women laughing in the face of adversity, that packs a strong emotional punch. Julia Roth (Andie MacDowell), a somewhat forgotten Hollywood star, discovers she has cancer the day the West End play that was supposed to be her comeback is cancelled.
Not fully understanding the magnitude of this discovery, she decides to go to a chemo clinic in Kent, seeking obscurity and privacy, and get it “taken care of” before returning to the US with her tail between her legs.
To her horror, having mistaken what the doctor meant by ‘private’ she finds herself stuck within a general ward with members of the public, three very different women (an aging rocker, a 28-year-old Muslim mother of four, and a forever single retired schoolteacher who doesn’t even have a cat), undergoing their usual round of treatment.
She calls her manager Nancy to come in and “Fix it”, which she promptly does. But as the group let her in on some of the realities she has to look forward to, she realises these strangers are the only ones who can really help her deal with the most difficult role she has ever played – herself.
My Happy Ending is a 2023 Israeli-British comedy-drama film directed by Sharon Maymon and Tal Granit and starring Andie MacDowell. It is based on the play Sof Tov by Anat Gov. In January 2023, it was announced that Roadside Attractions acquired North American distribution rights to the film which was released in the United States on February 24, 2023.
My Happy Ending (2023)
Directed by: Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Miriam Margolyes, Sally Phillips, Rakhee Thakrar, Tamsin Greig, Tom Cullen, Michelle Greenidge, David Walliams, Lily Travers, Bhavik C. Pankhania, Juliette Daum
Screenplay by: Anat Gov, Rona Tamir
Production Design by: Arad Sawat
Cinematography by: Bartosz Nalazek
Film Editing by: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Costume Design by: Ffion Elinor
Set Decoration by: James Battison
Art Direction by: May Davies
Music by: David Schweitzer
MPAA Rating: R for language and brief drug use.
Distributed by: Roadside Attractions
Release Date: February 24, 2023
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