Na 'Leedvermaak' uit 1989 en 'Qui vive' uit 2001 is de trilogie nu compleet met 'Happy end'. Frans Weisz regisseerde, Judith Herzberg schreef. Een familiegeschiedenis waarin 3 generaties van een joodse familie elk op hun eigen manier worstelen...

A young Amsterdam lawyer seems to be doing well, but occasionally he is overwhelmed by an unstoppable need for booze. During one of his delirious episodes, he witnesses the death of a squatter at a police station. Worried about his career, he hesitates to speak out.

A young sailor learns that his friend has died of a heroin overdose. He watches the 8mm films he has made of his friend and discovers that he keeps the world at a distance from behind his camera.