I Smile Back - Trailer - Trailer

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Laney Brooks seems to be living the American Dream. A beautiful house with two gorgeous children inside and a supportive husband who'll do anything for her. But even this isn't enough to fade the black cloud that continues to hang over her. She is powerless to her own erratic and uninhibited behaviour, losing herself to drug addiction, drinking away each night and spending the night with strangers on a regular basis. Even despite this, she's more scared than your average person might be of losing everything she has, but is reluctant to keep taking her medication and goes against her husband's insistence. She has more personal problems affecting her too, with her estranged father coming back into her life, but this is a demon that she has to battle alone - she just hopes she doesn't lose her family in the meantime.

This heart-wrenching drama explores the realities of depression and personality disorders and how it can affect even the most apparently perfect of lives. Directed by Adam Salky ('Dare', 'Drinks!'), 'I Smile Back' is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Amy Koppelman ('A Mouthful of Air'), who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Paige Dylan in their screenwriting debuts. The movie, nominated for a Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, is scheduled to hit the US on October 23rd 2015.