Bliss (1985) - Movie

Bliss (1985)
Life is going great for Harry Joy (Barry Otto) -- until he dies. After a startling near-death experience, the advertising exec awakens to a world that is not as he remembered it. The products he advertises cause cancer. His son (Miles Buchanan) and his daughter (Gia Carides) are doing drugs and sleeping together. His wife (Lynette Curran) is cheating on him with a business partner....

Release Date: 1985

R |1 hr 51 min

Plot Summary

Life is going great for Harry Joy (Barry Otto) -- until he dies. After a startling near-death experience, the advertising exec awakens to a world that is not as he remembered it. The products he advertises cause cancer. His son (Miles Buchanan) and his daughter (Gia Carides) are doing drugs and sleeping together. His wife (Lynette Curran) is cheating on him with a business partner. To escape this possibly literal hell, Harry sets himself on an uncertain course: living a moral life.

Cast: Barry Otto, Lynette Curran, Helen Jones, Miles Buchanan, Gia Carides, Tim Robertson, Jeff Truman, Paul Chubb

Director: Ray Lawrence

Genres: Drama

Keywords: Madcap, Transformation, Son, Hospital, Dark, 1980s, Rise, Office, Daughter, Wife

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