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Sad People Factory
Genres
Documentary
Overview
An investigation into the global nature and epidemic scope of depression, shown from a societal point of view challenging the individual notion of depression. We look at the collective causes of depression with sociologists, social workers, and neuropsychiatrists on the subject’s cutting edge.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
54 min
Release Date
2014-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
French
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Shekhar Saxena
Self
Daniel Chisholm
Self
Bun Chino
Self
Junko Kitanaka
Self
Hiroshi Kawahito
Self
Shigenobu Kanba
Self
Allen Frances
Self
Steeves Demazeux
Self
Jerome Wakefield
Self
Laurence Kirmayer
Self
Michelle Holmberg
Self
Osamu Tajima
Self
Alain Ehrenberg
Self
Emily Martin
Self
Nikos Chountis
Self
Marina Oikonomou
Self
Miguel Benasayag
Self
Patrizia Pierangeli
Narrator
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