Independent film distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to “Another Happy Day,” written and directed by Nora Fiffer. The comedy, starring Lauren Lapkus, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Jean Elie and Carrie Coon is set to release on digital and cable video on demand Oct. 1.
Per the film’s logline: “Desperate for some company, delirious new mother Joanna tumbles into an unlikely friendship with her estranged Aunt Miriam, a reclusive actress. Miriam seems the perfect companion for Joanna: she’s artsy, honest, eccentric, and she hates babies. But all goes haywire when Joanna attempts to mother her aunt instead of her baby. ‘Another Happy Day’ is an absurd, tense comedy exploring postpartum depression, intergenerational friendship, and what it means to be family.”
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Mike Castle, Francis Guinan, Hanna Dworkin, Alex Weisman, Bryan Coffee, Adam Poss, Nora Fiffer, Jessie Holder Tourtellotte and Tim Kazurinsky round out the cast.
According to Gravitas Ventures, the film was led by a team of mothers, and the production prioritized eight hour work days and made childcare for parents a core tenant of budgetary and fundraising efforts.
“‘Another Happy Day’ is the film I wish I’d seen before becoming a mother,” Fiffer said in a statement. “It’s a funny, deep, and tender film about a new mother who isn’t good at being a new mother. The story grapples with the surreal postpartum period, the kind of postpartum depression easily missed.”
The film was produced by Tourtellotte, Fiffer and Quin Nicholson. Coon, Lapkus, Eugene Sun Park, Chris Anderson, Anna Von Mertens and Howard and Bev Rossman served as executive producers.
