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199 Tips to Be Happy (2008)

199 Tips to Be Happy poster
Original title
199 recetas para ser feliz
Directed by
Andrés Waissbluth
Genre
drama film
Country
Chile, Spain
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
2.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to find happiness by following a list of tips. He interacts with people around him as he works through the advice.

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What happens

199 Tips to Be Happy (Spanish: 199 recetas para ser feliz, lit. '199 recipes to be happy') is a 2008 Chilean-Spanish drama film directed by Andrés Waissbluth and written by Waissbluth, Nona Fernández, Cristián Jiménez & Marcelo Leonart. Starring Pablo Macaya, Tamara Garea and Andrea García-Huidobro. It is inspired by the story Noticias de Milo, which is part of the book Mujer desnuda fumando en la ventana by Marcelo Leonart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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