HAPPY PILLS

By Arnaud ROBERT, Paolo WOODS

LIGHTDOX - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2022

HAPPY PILLS tells the story of how we ended up depending on the pharmaceutical industry to feel accomplished. Can we put happiness in a pill?

Festivals
& Awards

Festival dei Popoli 2022
Trondheim Dokumentarfestival 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, ENGLISH, HEBREW, SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Arnaud ROBERT, Paolo WOODS
    • Producer(s)
    • Luc PETER (INTERMEZZO FILMS), Katia MONLA (INTERMEZZO FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • A journey through six different countries and characters into a world where chemistry is the ultimate response to human pursuits of well-being. From antidepressants to opioids, pain or stimulant medication, the film questions our whole consumer society and the so-called Eldorado of prescribed happiness.