I have been in many voluntary works and seen the severity of such situations, one of the experiences was being a volunteer to help the neediest in Cambodia back when I was in Secondary 3. News about poverty are often unreported and even if it is covered, the severity of the situation in these reports are often undermined. This movie is a biopic of Chris Gardner on his struggles of being a homeless single father. The director for this movie is Gabriele Muccino, an Italian film director that became a successful American film maker. Refusing to give in into financial hardships, he tries to give a better life for him and his son by finding different types of methods to earn money. Even after landing as an intern for a brokerage firm, the job does not offer him any pay. As financial burdens creep up on him in the process, it caused him to lose both his wife and home. After investing all his life savings in buying portable bone density scanners, which what was supposed to bring him riches, instead turns into his life support as many medical industries felt no need for such medical devices. “The Pursuit of Happiness” is a biopic that tells of a man named Chris Gardner, a homeless salesman.
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