THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, HE SETTLED IN 1981, IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE CHRIS
GARDNER, HUSBAND AND FATHER, INVESTED ALL HIS SAVINGS IN A PROJECT THAT HE TRUST WILL
BRING PROFITS TO HIS FAMILY: PORTABLE SCANNERS TO MEASURE DENSITY ÓSEA, WHICH IS
SURE WILL INTEREST ALL DOCTORS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. HOWEVER,
DESPITE YOUR INVESTMENT AND EFFORTS, THE BUSINESS FAILS, LEAVING THE GARDNER FAMILY
IN RED NUMBERS.

LIKEWISE, AS SOMETIMES PENALTIES DO NOT COME ALONE, THE DISTRESSED ECONOMIC

SITUATION IN WHICH THEY HAVE FALLEN, MAKES CHRIS GARDNER'S WIFE, LINDA, DECIDE TO
LEAVE THEM, MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY. IN THIS WAY, CHRIS IS FACED WITH THE SITUATION OF
HAVING NO MONEY OR HOME, AND ALSO HAVING TO FACE THE HARD TASK OF RAISING ONLY HIS
SON OF HIS, CHRISTOPHER GARDNER JR., WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF HIM.

ONE GOOD MORNING, DURING A SHORT TAXI TRIP, GARDNER MEETS JAY TWISTLE, WHO IS
IMPRESSED BY THE QUICK SOLUTION THAT GARDNER CAN GIVE TO A MAGIC CUBE, AT THE TIME
THAT HE REVEALS HIM A NEW AREA IN WHICH LUCK YOU CAN TRY END OF OBTAINING A
POSITION AS AN INTERNSHIP OF A STOCK BROKER, WHICH COULD GENERATE A JOB WITH PAY. IN
THIS WAY, GARDNER TREADS ON A NEW ADVENTURE, IN WHICH HE WILL HAVE TO COMPETE
WITH ANOTHER 19 APPLICANTS, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE POSITION HE WANTED.

HOWEVER, ITS GREAT CONSISTENCY AND ITS NEW AND EFFECTIVE METHOD OF TELEPHONE SALES
MAKE GARDNER PROFILE OVER TIME AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT AGENTS WITH THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF SALES. ALSO, DURING THIS HARD COMPETITION, GARDNER IS ALWAYS
POSITIVE AND ENTREPRENEURING, WITHOUT REVEALING TO ANYONE THE TERRIBLE ECONOMIC
SITUATION THAT HE LIVES WITH HIS LITTLE SON, WHOM HE SUPPORTS HARD PENALTIES. AFTER
THE INTERNSHIP, CHRIS HAS A MEETING THAT CHANGES HIS LIFE, BECAUSE THE MANAGERS OF
THE COMPANY FINALLY OFFER HIM THE DESIRED POSITION, IN REWARD OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS,
GIVING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY HAVE A JOB THAT GENERATES HIM A SALARY.

THE SCENE THAT I LIKE THE MOST AND WHICH I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS WHEN THEY ARE ON
A BASKETBALL COURT AND THE SON TOLD HIM HE WANTED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
AND THE FATHER SAID HE LEFT NO AND THE MOST LIKELY IS THAT IT WAS LIKE HIM AND CHILD
GET BORED AND DISAPPOINTED. AFTER SO MUCH THINKING THE FATHER APPROACHES AND SAYS
THE FOLLOWING TO HIM:

“DON'T LET ANYONE SAY YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO SOMETHING, EVEN IF I WANT TO. IF YOU HAVE
A DREAM YOU MUST KEEP IT. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, GET OUT AND LOOK FOR IT, AND
PERIOD. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS USUALLY TELL OTHERS THAT
THEY WILL NOT FULFILL THEIRS.
FOR ME IT IS ONE OF THE MOST MOTIVATING SCENES I HAVE SEEN IN CINEMA AND THAT IS WHY I
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.