The film is set in a world where everyone is forced to
smile. Not just a simple slight curl of the lip, but a full blown, terrifying
Grin. Those caught without a smile must live in fear of the Face Changers.
The people who are forced to live under this idea take
medication known as: Smile-a-while, a reference to Soma from a brave new world.
We follow a young teenager who can't bring himself to take
the medication as it makes him physically sick and is forced to hold up a smile
the whole time. This is possible until the tragic news of his grandfather’s
death gets to him.
At this the smile drops. People start to notice, and he
starts having nightmares about the dreaded face changers. He starts to panic
and just as he thinks the worst is going to occur a girl, a previous friend of
his, turns to him and offers the help him out at this time by talking to him in
private and taking on his troubles.
Unfortunately she then becomes depressed thinking about it, and the next time that we see her she has been “changed”.
Our protagonist cannot take this and chooses to end his life
in a way that would represent it all.
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