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199 Tips to Be Happy
2008 Chilean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2] Starring Pablo Macaya, Tamara Garea and Andrea García-Huidobro.[1] It is inspired by the story Noticias de Milo, which is part of the book Mujer desnuda fumando en la ventana by Marcelo Leonart.[3]
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Synopsis
A Chilean couple in Barcelona languishes under the influence of a humid and hot summer. While he tries to lead the promotional campaign for a book that promises happiness, she can't get her younger brother recently dead in Chile out of her mind. His days are shaken by the unexpected visit of a disturbing girl.[4]
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:[5][6]
- Pablo Macaya as Tomás
- Tamara Garea as Helena
- Andrea García-Huidobro as Sandra
- Àlex Brendemühl as Jordi
- Jordi Dauder as Enric
- Felipe Pires as Milo
- Abdelali El Aziz as Moroccan Bar Waiter
- Soledad Gaspar as Moroccan Bar Girl
- Andrés Waissbluth as Man in the train
- Carolina Clemente as Tomás's partner in Editorial 1
- Oscar Pino as Tomás's partner in Editorial 2
- Diego Muñiz as Long Haired Boy
- Pau Herrero as Curly Haired Boy
- Juan Perona as Hotel Receptionist
- Alana Vandeweghe as Redhead Model Academy
- Rossana Barra as Black Model
- Pablo Vázquez as Artist
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Production
Principal photography began on 28 July 2006, and ended on September 5 of the same year in Barcelona, Spain.[7][8]
Release
Festival
199 Tips to Be Happy was screened at the beginning of October 2008 in the Ventana Section of Chilean Cinema at the 15th Valdivia International Film Festival,[9] in mid-November 2008 at the 20th Viña del Mar International Film Festival as part of the National Fiction Feature Film Competition[10] and on 22 June 2009, at the 9th Festival La Chimenea de Villaverde.[11][12]
Theatrical
It was scheduled to be released on 14 August 2008, in Chilean theaters,[13] but it was delayed until September 25 of the same year[14][15] to later expand to the Spanish market on 17 July 2009.[8]
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