Synopsis
Dorian Winters is miserable. He has just graduated university with a degree in philosophy and has no idea what to do with his life. His estranged father, an ex-professional wrestler named Butch, is in the hospital in a coma. To top all this off, his girlfriend of two years, Barbara, has decided to break up with him and go to hair dressing school in Saskatoon.
Life can't seem to get any worse for Dorian and he decides to seek out help, enrolling in a passive agressive anger management class. As luck would have it he winds up falling for his therapist.
To complicate things even more, his father wakes up and decides to donate his pension to a seemingly illegitimate dolphin charity.
Dorian, convinced his dad is getting ripped off, decides to take action and with the help of his brother, Barry, and his best friend June, he tries to stage an intervention for his father.
Happy to be Here is a hilarious tale of relationships gone bad, family politics and the true meaning of happiness.
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Credits
DirectorSean MacPherson
Writer
Sean MacPherson
Producers
Sean MacPherson, Paul Shottner, John Woods
Original Music
Dustin Cole, Daniel E. Moxton
Cinematography
Daniel Carruthers
Editing
Dave Schubert
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