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You Are What You Act (2018)

You Are What You Act poster
Directed by
Albert Nerenberg
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores how actors can start to embody the characters they play. It suggests that ordinary people can use similar principles to become more confident, heroic, healthy, or loving.

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What happens

You Are What You Act (French: J'agis, donc je suis) is a 2018 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Albert Nerenberg, and produced by Frédéric Bohbot. Commissioned by the Documentary Channel and Canal D, the film points out how film actors often become their roles and suggests these principles apply to ordinary people in terms of actualizing confidence, heroism, health and even love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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