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Return To Happiness

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Synopsis

The film is about the dramatic events that changed the life of former Canadian professional hockey player Ryan Phillips. Ryan began this movement after facing a series of serious challenges that derailed his professional sports career and led to his incarceration for the illegal distribution of marijuana in a USA prison. Upon his release, Phillips was prohibited from re-entering the United States and was separated from the love of his life, his daughter Sadie. Trying to cope with his new life, Phillips embarked on a series of adventures throughout South East Asia resulting in the manifestation of a spiritual growth and social activism including his involvement with the Somaly Mam project. An uplifting documentary about an athlete’s fall from grace, his redemption, after having lost everything, and his journey into foreign lands doing good while following one’s bliss. And creating a movement in the process.