Ed Stoppard is an English actor and the son of playwright Tom Stoppard. He has appeared in films such as The Pianist, Joy Division, and Brave New World, and in TV shows such as The Politician's Husband and Knightfall.
In an eerie English town set in an alternate 1960s, the government has imposed a drug-induced happiness to mask violence and conceal a mystery. A rebellious resident illegally free of the drug Joy, risks his life to learn what is going on.