'Once Upon A Studio' (2023)
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.
The Sweet Taste of Success
A transformative experience, this emotional documentary addresses some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, reflecting on happiness, social connection, daily life, death, and aging, while exploring doubts about the "word of a thousand shades and somewhat perverse" concept of success. This film has the potential to change your life and your perspective on the true meaning of success. An intimate reflection on success, it features María Teresa Paniagua, a joyful and unique octogenarian Zarzuela singer. The documentary offers surprising insights from interviews with notable figures from the worlds of art, science, and intellectual thought, including actress Rossy de Palma, philosophers Fernando Savater and Javier Sádaba, tenor Plácido Domingo, monk Matthieu Ricard, psychiatrist Martin Seligman, Harvard professor Nancy Etcoff, and TED Talk speaker and writer Victor Küppers, among others. This documentary is a balm for the soul.
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A transformative experience, this emotional documentary addresses some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, reflecting on happiness, social connection, daily life, death, and aging, while exploring doubts about the "word of a thousand shades and somewhat perverse" concept of success. This film has the potential to change your life and your perspective on the true meaning of success. An intimate reflection on success, it features María Teresa Paniagua, a joyful and unique octogenarian Zarzuela singer. The documentary offers surprising insights from interviews with notable figures from the worlds of art, science, and intellectual thought, including actress Rossy de Palma, philosophers Fernando Savater and Javier Sádaba, tenor Plácido Domingo, monk Matthieu Ricard, psychiatrist Martin Seligman, Harvard professor Nancy Etcoff, and TED Talk speaker and writer Victor Küppers, among others. This documentary is a balm for the soul.
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Genre:Documentary
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Runtime:74 minutes
Studio:Kantfish Production
Cast
Emanuele Giusto Kantfish, Carlos Tejeda
Director
Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Fernando Savater
Fernando Savater
Leo Bassi
Leo Bassi
Alberto García-Alix
Alberto García-Alix
Pilar Albarracín
Pilar Albarracín
Javier Sádaba
Javier Sádaba
Nancy Etcoff
Nancy Etcoff
Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman
Matthieu Ricard
Matthieu Ricard
Enrique R. del Portal
Enrique R. del Portal
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