The Sweet Taste of Success (2022)

10.0/10 • 74 min • Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Rossy de Palma

Rossy de Palma

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Alberto García-Alix

Alberto García-Alix

Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard

Enrique R. del Portal

Enrique R. del Portal

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