Movie
Ode to Joy
Overview
Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself pleasure and deal with his sleep issues, they’re put to the test when he falls in love.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-09-08
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mosaic, IFC FIlms, Small Dog Picture Company, This American Life
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Martin Freeman as Charlie
- Morena Baccarin as Francesca
- Jake Lacy as Cooper
- Melissa Rauch as Bethany
- Shannon Woodward as Liza
- Ellis Rubin as Victor
- Jane Curtin as Aunt Sylvia
- Adam Shapiro as Marvin
- Jackie Seiden as Jan
- Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Deangelo
- Jason Altman as Mad Banker
- Tyler Bourke as Frederick
Crew
- Jason Winer - Director
- Max Werner - Writer
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