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Happiness
By Todd Solondz - Film
Roles
- Kristina - Female
About this piece
Kristina confesses to Allen that she killed their doorman and cut up his body
Summary
There are various stories in this film, all presenting either abnormal relatiosnhips or perverted people. The main stories are about three sisters, Joy is a failed musician who lives alone, Trish is rich and has a successful psychiatrist husband, Bill Maplewood, who happens to be a pedophile, Helen is into S&M. Allen is an overweight and insecure man in his thirties who is a patient of Bill's and is obsessed with Helen, who is his neighbour. He calls her on the phone and masturbates to her. Kristina is an overweight woman who is Allen's neighbour and is attracted to him. One day Kristina tells Allen that Pedro, their doorman has been killed and had his penis cut off. In this neurotic monologuemonologues, while on a date, Kristina confesses to Allen that Pedro never had his penis cut off and that she killed him because he raped her one night after helping her carry groceries to her kitchen. The monologue alternates with flashback scenes and dialogue but can be performed as a monologue.
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