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Make Me Happy: A Monkey's Search for Happiness
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Make Me Happy: A Monkey's Search for Happiness

2012-06-17 · 59 min · Not rated

Comedy · Documentary

Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of new age and alternative therapies in a quest for self-knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. With her puppet Monkey as the voice of scepticism, Nina undergoes naked yoga, laughter therapy and shamanic ritual, before taking part in primal screaming and rebirth at a three-day retreat in the wilds of Scotland.

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