Some Happy Day is beautiful, as is producer Catherine Hill.
Set primarily in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia, Some Happy Day is a beautiful reflection on most Melbourne days and nights, where Catherine has worked tirelessly, as have many others, in helping people in crisis.
This is an exquisite film about people. And how they respond to St Kilda's Luna Park's Big Dipper of Life. Where the length of the ride and its destination remains uncertain.
What a joy to see good local Australian stories told with the love they deserve. And with such high, intimate cinematic quality
If you have not experienced addiction, violence, homeless or the many other myriad of life's tripwires, some Happy Day may be an easy way to begin understanding these issues. Understand in ways I still cannot.
Some Happy Day, with bias from me I disclose below, is a great film.
Thank you Catherine, your lovely, talented screen writer partner Abe and others who give so much and ask so little
Disclosure: Catherine Hill and I have been friends since ~2000, when we had the great fortune to be selected for an 18 month Vincent Fairfax Ethics Fellowship, run by the St James Ethics Centre. I am an anonymous film extra in Acland St St Kilda, where the extent of my contribution earned me anonymity. My beautiful four legged friend, Hannah, was to feature in the film, but my being away in Europe meant Catherine had to chase up the gorgeous Shepherd, that in my my closely held opinion, is the true star of the film.
David Risstrom.
