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Why I Cast Facially-Different Actors in My Movie ‘Happy Face’

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Filmmaker Alexandre Franchi writes about his new film “Happy Face”—inspired by his mother’s battle with cancer and featuring a cast of actors with facial differences.

Happy Face is not an advocacy film. Happy Face is an imperfect film about imperfect people in an imperfect world.

This film is above all a personal story through which I sought catharsis—a way to free myself from the guilt of having been ashamed of my own mother when, sick with...

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