Happy - Celebrate World HAPPY Day at Cinema Paradiso

Country of Origin: U S A
Year: 2011
Language: English + Various w/English sub-titles
Director: Roko Belic
Producer: Frances Reid, Eiji Han Shimizu, Bhagyashree RaoRan
Cast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMQmuvzPmI

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Synopsis

In 2005, director Tom Shadyac ('Liar Liar', 'Patch Adams' and 'Bruce Almighty') handed Roko Belic a New York Times article about the new science of happiness. The article ranked the United States down at number 23 on its list of happiest countries. Shadyac, himself dissatisfied with his luxurious Beverly Hills lifestyle, suggested the two collaborate on a documentary investigating the sources of genuine human happiness. How can America be one of the richest countries in the world and nowhere near the happiest? Directed by Academy Award nominee Roko Belic ('Genghis Blues'), HAPPY was shot in 14 countries on 5 continents and takes viewers from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the mountains of Bhutan. We meet a beautiful woman named Melissa Moody, a mother of three who had a perfect life until the day she was run over by a truck. Disabled for nine years and disfigured for life, amazingly she is happier now than before her accident. Manoj Singh, a rickshaw puller from the slums of Kolkata, India who lives in a hut made of plastic bags with his family, is found to be as happy as the average American. Through these and other stories HAPPY leads us toward a deeper understanding of how the choices we make dramatically effect our sense of well-being and happiness. HAPPY is narrated by best-selling author Marci Shimoff (Happy for No Reason, Chicken Soup for the Soul for Women).

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