''We'll Find Happiness'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Léa Pool Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Canadian and Swiss filmmaker. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, and she was the first wom ...

and slated for release in 2025. The film stars Mehdi Meskar as Saad, a

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

man from Morocco who has come to Canada as a refugee; when his Iranian boyfriend (Aron Archer) faces deportation back to Iran where he will almost certainly be killed, Saad takes it upon himself to seduce a bureaucrat for the immigration department ( Alexandre Landry) in the hopes of securing his partner's safety. The cast also includes

Paul Ahmarani Paul Ahmarani (born 1972) is a Canadian actor. Ahmarani is known for his roles in the movies '' The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge'' (''La Moitié gauche du frigo'') and '' How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause'' (''Comment ma mère accou ...

, Sebastien Beaulac, Shiva Gholamianzadeh, Yves Soutière, Sascha Ley, Geneviève Rochette, Joey Perron, Joël Delsaut, Maxime Afshar, Giuseppe Calvinisti and Jérôme Varanfrain in supporting roles. Written by

Michel Marc Bouchard Michel Marc Bouchard, (born February 2, 1958) is a Canadian playwright. He has received the Prix Journal de Montreal, Prix du Cercle des critiques de l'Outaouais, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian ...

as his first original screenplay that was not adapted from one of his theatrical plays, the film entered production in 2024 under the working title ''L'Habit du héros''. The film is slated to screen as the opening film of the 2025 Cinemania film festival on November 4, 2025, prior to going into commercial release on November 7."Le nouveau film de Léa Pool présenté en première en novembre"
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'', May 29, 2025.

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* 2025 films 2025 drama films 2025 LGBTQ-related films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBTQ-related films French-language Canadian films Films directed by Léa Pool LGBTQ-related drama films 2020s French-language films 2020s Canadian films Films about immigration in Canada Films about refugees {{2020s-Canada-film-stub