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Finding Joy

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Joy Brown (Billie Dean) is a 40-something woman with little confidence, less self-esteem and a burning desire to realise her dream of being a singer/songwriter. But she cant sing. When Joy takes in a stray dog, Raffi, her life immediately changes. Her best friend, the tarot card reading Tessa (Janet Watson Kruse), moves in, Joy changes her name to Luna Starr, and she meets Peter Wolfman (Andrew Einspruch). When Peter encourages her to perform with him at the local pizzerias folk music nights, Joy sings sort of hiding behind masks of wigs and silliness. Despite the singing, Peter and Joys relationship blossoms. But there are lots of hiccups along the way -- ex-wives, ex-husbands, frightening performances, and bucket loads of doubt. Set to the backdrop of the folk music scene in an arty country town, the film celebrates universal themes of friendship, low self-esteem, love relationships, and the joy of dogs.

Directed byBillie Dean

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
EN
Released
September 19, 2003

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Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Billie Dean

Joy Brown

Andrew Einspruch

Peter Wolfman

Janet Watson Kruse

Janet Watson Kruse

Tessa

Rebecca Barratt

Rebecca Barratt

Sally

Todd Dwyer

Matt

Cameron McAuliffe

Nick

Angry Anderson

Angry Anderson

Kris Quaid

Jenny Morris

Tracey

Tamsin Dean Einspruch

Tarquin

Creative team
Directed by
Billie Dean
Written by
Billie Dean
Produced by
Andrew Einspruch
Martin Guinness

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