Happiness Runs

Victor (Mark L. Young) realises the shortcomings of the utopian ideals on the hippie commune where he was raised. Victor's mother (Andie MacDowell) is funding the commune where the guru, Insley (Rutger Hauer), hypnotises and seduces women. Insley manipulates the minds of these women so that they give him both their bodies and all their worldly possessions. Preoccupied with Insley's free love philosophy, the adults of the community overlook the painful reality that the self-destructive behaviour of their children is most certainly due to early exposure to sex and drugs. Victor is torn between getting money from his mother who is entirely under Insley's influence, dealing with the violent drama of his drug-addled friends. (Matchbox Films)