Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being (2020)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alessandra Pedrotti Catoni
Actors: Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Matthieu Ricard, Richard Davidson, Susan Bauer-Wu, Tania Singer, Tenzin Gyatso
Country: Italy
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