An adult person is holding a young child in their arms and hugging them.

Text reads, "Blind Bitter Happiness".

14m

Blind Bitter Happiness captures the messy awkwardness of family life, the hard and hilarious truths of childhood, and the hilarity in our seemingly banal everyday battles.

Produced for RNZ by Tinderbox Productions

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When the patriarch of the family, Denis, dies, middle-aged doctor Peter Fahey and his youngest child, superstitious and ritual-obsessed Scarlett, must come to terms with their grief and their relationship with the cantankerous old man. Peter’s wife Jamie, the grounding, logical force in Peter’s life, and their other children, Mary, Harley, and Jasper, face their own set of trials and tribulations.

Credits

Elizabeth Marshall
Executive Producer
Markus Pfeiler
Executive Producer
Brent Jones
Executive Producer
Jaxin Hall
Executive Producer
Dielson Gustama
Executive Producer
Peter Feeney
Producer
Peter Feeney
Writer & Director
Tim Burnell
RNZ Commissioning

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