persuit of happyness

In 1981,in San Francisco,the smart salesman and family man Chris Gardner invests the family savings in Osteo National bone-density scanners,an apparatus twice as expensive as an X-ray machine but with a slightly clearer image,This White elephant(Disambiguation) financially breaks the family,bringing troubles to his relationship with his wife Linda,who leaves him and moves to New York where she has received a job in a pizza parlor.She wishes to take their son Christopher with her,but Chris refuses because they both know that Linda will be unable to take care of him.Without money or a wife,but totally committed to his son Christopher,Chris sees the chance to fight for a stockbroker intership position at Dean Witter,offering a more promising career at the end of a 6 month unpaid training period.There are nineteen other candidates for the one position.Meanwhile,he encounters many challenges and difficulties,including a period of homelessness and troubles with the IRS.