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The Definition of Happiness

"As the elusive pursuit of happiness plunges humanity deeper into depression, Tim is forced onto a transformative journey that challenges everything we think we know about what it means to be happy."

In a world obsessed with happiness, so many of us are feeling more lost than ever. After a life-altering accident, Tim travels across four countries to explore how we define happiness — and whether we’re even asking the right questions. What he discovers could change the way we live, and what we value, forever.

Top Cast

  • Tim Elwin

    Tim Elwin

    Lead

  • Wallace J. Nichols

    Wallace J. Nichols

    Expert

  • Tom Nash

    Tom Nash

    Speaker

  • Sonja Lyubomirsky

    Sonja Lyubomirsky

    Expert

  • Felice Jacka

    Felice Jacka

  • Adrienne O’Neil

    Adrienne O’Neil

    Expert

  • Gabriele Oettingen

    Gabriele Oettingen

    expert

  • Tim Sharp

    Tim Sharp

    Expert

  • Bryce Hastings

    Bryce Hastings

    Expert

Overview

In a world obsessed with happiness, so many of us are feeling more lost than ever. After a life-altering accident, Tim travels across four countries to explore how we define happiness — and whether we’re even asking the right questions. What he discovers could change the way we live, and what we value, forever.

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Happy

Happy is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Roko Belic. It explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of positive psychology. Director Roko Belic was originally inspired to create the film after producer/director Tom Shadyac (Liar, Liar, Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty) showed him an article in the New York Times entitled "A New Measure of Well Being From a Happy Little Kingdom". The article ranks the United States as the 23rd happiest country in the world. Shadyac then suggested that Belic make a documentary about happiness. Belic spent several years interviewing over 20 people, ranging from leading happiness researchers to a rickshaw driver in Kolkatta, a family living in a "co-housing community" in Denmark, a woman who was run over by a truck, a Cajun fisherman, and more.

Happy

7.1 2012