Joy is based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, originally about a young boy who on a snowy day reads about himself in a newspaper and believes that he is famous, updated to being set in a middle class family where a teenage girl sees a video of herself dancing on a table on social media and believes that she is famous. It is a comedy and there are real questions about what to tell the teen and how best to tell her what the truth is.
Joy is based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, originally about a young boy who on a snowy day reads about himself in a newspaper and believes that he is famous, updated to being set in a middle class family where a teenage girl sees a video of herself dancing on a table on social media and believes that she is famous. It is a comedy and there are real questions about what to tell the teen and how best to tell her what the truth is.
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New Film Makers NY 2015
Marche Du Film 2015
World Film Fair 2018
Preselected New York State 2018
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