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Not Another Happy Ending is a British film of genre Drama with Karen Gillan
Not Another Happy Ending (2013)
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Add to a movie listNot Another Happy Ending is a 2013 British romantic comedy film directed by John McKay, starring Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber and Freya Mavor. Produced by Claire Mundell and Wendy Griffin, and written by David Solomons, the film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 30 June 2013.
It was largely shot in Glasgow's Merchant City.
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Tom Duvall, the editor of a struggling publishing company, discovers that his only successful author, Jane Lockhart, cannot write when happy. Due to her recent success, she is left unable to write and he is stuck. He is forced to make her incredibly unhappy. The thing is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.Actors
Karen Gillan
(Jane Lockhart)
Stanley Weber
(Tom Duvall)
Iain De Caestecker
(Roddy)
Henry Ian Cusick
(Willie)
Freya Mavor
(Nicola Ball)
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