Could a drunk, staggering Steve Rogers soon be doing the walk of shame through Adams Morgan? We’ll find out next spring, when the sequel to Captain America films scenes in D.C.

The first scene in Life During Wartime is a reprise of the unforgettable opening of Happiness, Todd Solondz’s 1998 feature. Both are set in elegant restaurants, joining a dinner in the midst of an emotional moment. There are tears, a tentative, fumbling conversation, and a surprising emotional outburst. But even though both of these characters were in Happiness, and one of those characters was in that same opening scene, the actors are different. So it is with the rest of Life in Wartime, which picks up the lives of the Jordan sisters, the trio of Jersey women around whom the first film rotated, ten years after the events of that movie — but with an entirely different cast.