
Ode to Joy
He's never been happier. And that's the problem.
ComedyDramaRomancebreast cancertough lovetroubled relationshiplibrarianneurologycatalepsybrother brother relationshiplove story
A bittersweet romantic comedy about a man whose neurological condition forces him to choose between the happiness of love and the safety of emotional numbness.
Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself pleasure and deal with his sleep issues, they’re put to the test when he falls in love.
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