Happiness Runs

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Happiness Runs

"Generation Lost"

2010

1h 28m

4.0(15 votes)

Drama

Overview

The neglected child of parents living on a commune, Victor is helpless to resist the atmosphere of sex and drugs that permeates his world, but he's smart enough to know that if he is going to survive, he has to get out.

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33 members

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Joni Barth

Rachel's Mom

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Kirsten Berman

Jenny

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Mark Boone Junior

Victor's Father

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Joseph Castanon

Little Mackie

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Richard Edson

Pete

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Andie MacDowell

Victor's Mother

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Jesse Plemons

Chad

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Hanna Hall

Becky

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AnnaLisa Erickson

Nancy

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Shiloh Fernandez

Jake

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Rutger Hauer

Insley

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Ann Magnuson

Chad's Mom

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Steven Christopher Parker

Tao

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Laura Peters

Rachel

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Rich Sickler

Harris

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Tyler Steelman

Nardo

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John Walcutt

Becky's Father

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Mark L. Young

Victor

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Victoria De Mare

Scantily Clad Hippie (uncredited)

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Grace Bannon

Hippy Teenage Girl (uncredited)

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Suzan Averitt

Tantric Yoga Devotee (uncredited)

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Harmony Blossom

Body Painted Blue Butterfly Dancer (uncredited)

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Kathryn Carner

Commune Hippie (uncredited)

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Ingrid Coree

Louise (uncredited)

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Sarah Kaite Coughlan

Rainn (uncredited)

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Jessica Elder

Pregnant Hippie (uncredited)

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Kenyetta Lethridge

Commune Hippie (uncredited)

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Jon Kellam

Peter (uncredited)

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Darin Heames

Reggy (uncredited)

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Paul McCarthy-Boyington

Sam (uncredited)

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Wendy Pennington

Pregnant Hippie (uncredited)

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Bruna Rubio

Commune Pregnant Hippie (uncredited)

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Nicole Smolen

Hippie Teen Girl (uncredited)

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