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Happy Now

Happy Now

A teenage girl whose eerie resemblance to a local Welsh beauty queen killed 14 years earlier disturbs one of the men responsibile for her accidental death.

20015.41h 37m

Overview

All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from Alaska, be the same girl the two lads buried fourteen years earlier? Only local policeman Max Bracchi can solve the case with the help of a wrongly accused tramp, Tin Man.

Directed by Philippa Collie Cousins
Written by Belinda Bauer, Andrew Weeraratne
Produced by Neris Thomas, Alison Owen
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Top Cast

Ioan Gruffudd

Ioan Gruffudd

Sgt Max Bracchi

Susan Lynch

Susan Lynch

Tina Trent

Om Puri

Om Puri

Tin Man

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum

Nicky Trent / Jenny Thomas

Paddy Considine

Paddy Considine

Glen Marcus

Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle

Joe Jones

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Mark Wraith

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Bronwyn Race

John Henshaw

John Henshaw

Pete Copsey

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Hank Thomas

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Themes & Keywords

woman director

About Happy Now

Happy Now is a thriller film released in 2001 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Philippa Collie Cousins, it stars Ioan Gruffudd, Susan Lynch, Om Puri. All grown up and gunning for political power in a small North Wales community, Glen Marcus and his best mate harbour a dark secret which seems to be coming back to haunt them. But can the daughter of Tina Trent, a local woman just returned from Alaska, be the same girl the two lads buried fourteen years earlier? Only local policeman Max Bracchi can solve the case with the help of a wrongly accused tramp, Tin Man.

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