In the tradition of ‘American Beauty’ and Ang Lee’s unforgettable ‘Ice Storm,’ Fien Troch’s ‘Someone Else’s Happiness’ exposes us a world of dark secrets and alienation that lurks behind the perfect white fences of suburbia…A hit-and-run accident shatters an already dysfunctional suburb and its problematic inhabitants when the young boy dies in the ‘peaceful’ streets of this small suburb. As we get to know the families involved with this hit-and-run, it becomes apparent that each of them is harboring a secret that is as gruesome as the crime committed. As the director Fien Troch takes us right into this vivid world and its all-too real inhabitants, we become a guest at their dinner table and a voyeur in their bedrooms. While these people become more and more three dimensional for us, we are also collecting clues which will lead us to the real criminal, if there is one…Through blending black comedy with a subtle social commentary, ‘Someone Else’ s Happiness’ speak volumes about our so-called modern life where everyone and everything is distant and foreign to our own private universe. As Troch subtlety deals with current epidemics like alienation and suicide, she also masterfully demystifies the dark passenger that lives in and, to a degree control, all of us…