Dying to Be Happy

Dying to Be Happy

The streaks of the past call back to that little piece of paradise...

2023•18m•9.0/10

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🎬TMDb

9.0/10(1)

An old cancer patient reminisces about his youthful days spent at a little place called "Spatterdock".

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Gear Works Studio

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EN

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Russell Hartsell

The Storyteller

Kaci Hartsell

The Waitress

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