- "El dulce sabor del éxito" is a poetic journey about the sweetness of success. But do we really comprehend success? Filmed in the charming district of Lavapiés in the heart of Madrid, the film counts with the participation of figures such as tenor Plácido Domingo, actress Rossy de Palma, philosophers Fernando Savater and Javier Sádaba, representatives of the artistic world such as photographer Alberto García-Alix, artist Pilar Albarracín, comedian Leo Bassi, director of Teatro de la Zarzuela Daniel Bianco and his institutional support and singer/actor Enrique R. Del Portal. Also participating in the documentary are personalities from the world of science and psychology from global TED Talks, such as psychiatrist Martin Seligman, Harvard University professor Nancy Etcoff, motivational lecturer Victor Küppers and Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, as well as psychologist Tania Evans, director of the Research Center on Values -CIVSEM- Miguel Ángel Velázquez or figures with a wide impact on media such as youtuber JPelirrojo. María Teresa Paniagua made a career as a singer of Zarzuela at the time, and is the Spanish version of Rome's poet Vergil in this film that guides audiences in this inspiring journey. She is a unique, energetic and explosive character, and her positive attitude penetrates unwittingly our conscience to make us reflect on the authenticity of our lives. This documentary tries to be a balm for the spirit.—Emanuele Giusto & Carlos Tejeda
- El Dulce Sabor del Éxito is a journey in everyday reality that reflects on the concept of success.
What is the real sense of success?
Internationally renowned figures, the film main character from Zaragoza (Aragón, Spain) María Teresa Paniagua - an explosive being - and the neighborhood of Lavapiés, in Madrid, serve the purpose of reflecting on success and on all those ingredients that are part of the existence.
With a style that follows the spirit of the "enfants terrible" of the Nouvelle Vague, but with the Madrid feel, the film leaves space for spontaneity. The shooting took place camera-at-hand out in the streets, in order to capture all those everyday expressions that bring life to its fullest.
The reflection on the concept of success is developed with interviews with representatives of the artistic, scientific and intellectual world as the tenor Plácido Domingo, the actress "chica Almodovar" Rossy de Palma, the philosophers Fernando Savater and Javier Sádaba, the photographer Alberto García-Alix, the monk Matthieu Richard, the psychiatrist Martin Seligman, the professor of Harvard University Nancy Etcoff, trainer, writer and lecturer, Victor Kuppers, of TED Talks. Also the documentary shows the interviews of the artist Pilar Albarracín, the actor Leo Bassi, the director of the Teatro de la Zarzuela Daniel Bianco, the singer and actor Enrique R. Del Portal, the psychologist Tania Evans, the director of the CIVSEM Miguel Ángel Velázquez and the youtuber JPelirrojo,
This documentary tries to be a balm for the spirit.
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