Life During Wartime (film)

Life During Wartime is a 2009 American comedydrama film written and directed by Todd Solondz, which premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. It is a direct, but loose sequel to his 1998 film Happiness, with new actors playing the same characters. It stars Allison Janney, Shirley Henderson, and Ciarn Hinds, among others.

Since the events of Happiness, Joy has married Helens former neighbor Allen Mellencamp, who continues to struggle with his compulsion to make obscene phone calls.Trish has been raising her three children, Billy now off at college, Timmy and Chloe. She has begun dating recently divorced Harvey Weiner, who she hopes is normal. Trishs exhusband, Bill has been released from prison after serving a sentence for child molestation, and heads to Florida to find out how his family, particularly his eldest son, are doing. He finds brief solace in a onenight stand with Jacqueline, a selfdescribed monster as filled with loneliness and selfhatred as he is however, she kicks him out the next morning when she catches him taking money from her purse. ........

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