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PROZAC NATION

Also known as “Generation X” (Russia), “Nación Prozac” (Spain), “Prozac Nation” (Spain - DVD title)

• Character: Noah
• Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
• Writer: Elizabeth Wurtzel (book), Galt Niederhoffer (adaptation)
• Release Date: 22 August 2003 (Norway)
• Genre: Drama
• Tagline: Young and depressed in america.
• Synopsis: Based on the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel, PROZAC NATION tells the true story of Wurtzel's own difficulties with severe depression during her first year at college. Liz (Christina Ricci) is a gifted writer whose talent earns her a scholarship to Harvard University. Escaping from the controlling arms of her mother (Jessica Lange), Liz's delicate mental state is tested by the stress of being away from home at a challenging institution. Finding refuge in drugs and sex, she views herself with increasing criticism, eventually unable to work on her writing at all. A character study with a loose narrative that explores the seriousness of depression, PROZAC NATION was directed by Erik Skjoldbjaerg (INSOMNIA).
• Co-Stars: Christina Ricci, Michelle Williams, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Jessica Lange.
• Filming locations: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

HAPPY NOW

Also known as “Hand in Hand mit dem Tod” (Germany), “Happy Now” (Spain)

• Character: Mark Wraith
• Director: Philippa Cousins
• Writer: Belinda Bauer
• Release Date: 25 October 2002 (Spain)
• Genre: Thriller
• Synopsis: New wrinkles are added to an old crime when a spitting image of the victim shows up in this dark comedy. Pen-y-wig is a small town along the southern coast of Wales where, in 1988, Jenny Thomas (Emmy Rossum) won first prize in a local beauty contest. On her way home, Jenny began having car trouble, and when Tin Man (Om Puri), a local oddball, found her stranded by the side of the road, he offered to go find help. Jenny was soon approached by Joe (Richard Coyle), a boy she had been dating, as well as Joe's friend Glen (Paddy Considine). Jenny and Joe got into a quarrel, and when Jenny tripped and fell, she struck her head and died immediately. Panicked, Joe and Glen told the police that Tin Man had killed Jenny, and he was found guilty and sentenced to a lengthy stay behind bars. In 2000, Jenny's sister, Tina Trent (Susan Lynch), returns to Pen-y-wig after spending several years in Alaska, and she brings along her teenaged daughter, Nicky Trent, who bears a striking resemblance to Jenny (and is also played by Emmy Rossum). Nicky's arrival in town inspires no small amount of gossip about the death of her aunt, which is bad news for Glen, currently running for a seat in an upcoming local election. As it happens, Tin Man is due to be released from jail soon, and Max (Ioan Gruffudd), a police detective new to the community, begins looking at the loose ends of the case against Tin Man, certain there's more to the story than he's been told. Max also develops a personal interest in the case when he becomes involved with Nicky, who is living with her mother in the same rooming house that Max calls home. Happy Now was the first feature film from director and screenwriter Philippa Collie-Cousins, who in 1999 won the BAFTA award for Best Short Film for her comedy The Deadness of Dad.
• Co-Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Om Puri, Emmy Rossum, Paddy Considine
• Filming locations: Barmouth Bridge, Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales, UK

TANGLED

Also known as “Conspiracy of Weeds” (USA - working title)

• Character: Alan Hammond
• Director: Jay Lowi
• Writer: Jeffrey Lieber (story) & Michael Shapiro
• Release Date: 2 November 2001 (Portugal)
• Genre: Drama / Thriller
• Tagline: he best of friends make the worst of enemies.
• Synopsis: A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.
• Co-Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Shawn Hatosy, Estella Warren
• Filming locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada