Indie Film Highlight: HAPPYEND (2024)

About this episode

This episode highlights the indie film HAPPYEND, focusing on the story of friends facing consequences after a prank as graduation approaches.

Watch This Episode On YouTube Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: HAPPYEND (2024) Director: Neo Sora Writer: Neo Sora Stars: Kurihara Hayato; Hidaka Yukito; Ayumu Nakajima SYNOPSIS Friends Yuta and Kou, about to graduate, sneak into school. They pull off a terrible prank and face unforeseen consequences as graduation approaches. Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow us on Letterboxd Follow us on Instagram Follow us on X Follow us on Facebook Follow us on TikTok Follow us on LinkedIn

People in this episode

Host: Benjamin Duchek

Topics covered

• indie film
• film review
• graduation
• prank
• consequences

Keywords

• indie film
• HAPPYEND
• Neo Sora
• graduation
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: HAPPYEND

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