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

Recommendations

John Candy: I Like Me
Extremis
The Secret
Hawking
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Whitney
Baraka
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
Seduced and Abandoned
Sidney
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Being James Bond
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
The Class of ‘92
Maria by Callas
180° South
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
The Last Repair Shop