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Happy pills / Intermezzo Films presents ; in coproduction with RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, and Arte G.E.I.E. ; production, Luc Peter ; a film by Arnaud Robert & Paolo Woods.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Psychotropic drugs.
- Depression, Mental--Treatment.
- Depression, Mental.
- Mental illness--Chemotherapy.
- Mental illness.
- Happiness.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (94 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Alleyras, France] : Lightdox, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English, French, Hebrew, and Spanish with English subtitles.
- Summary:
- Happy Pills explores the industrial response to an existential quest and our intimate relationship to drugs. In Switzerland, Israel, France, Peru, Niger and the United States, the documentary follows six characters who each need chemistry to lead what they see as a better life. In the end, it is our consumer society and the Eldorado of prescription joy that Happy Pills questions.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Leandro Monti ; editing, Nicolas Hislaire ; music, Camilla Sparksss.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 14, 2025).
- Publisher Number:
- ld-pills Docuseek2
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