199
Recetas Para ser Feliz
(2008)
Today: a
Chilean film set in
Spain. 720p
199 Tips
To Be Happy is a dour
relationship drama about
a Chilean couple
Tomás and Helena
(Tamara Garea) who are
currently living in
Barcelona. Tomás
is about to get a new
job working on the
advertising side of a
book company while
Helena is in between
jobs after surgery for
appendicitis. Helena
gets a letter from
Sandra (Andrea
García-Huidobro),
who was the girlfriend
of her brother who
recently died in a
tragic diving accident.
She is coming to
Barcelona and is looking
to meet her. The couple
let Sandra stay with
them, but she is about
to change their
relationship and not
necessarily for the
better. Tomás
becomes obsessed with
her and spends his days
following her around and
dreaming of having it
off with her. Helena and
Sandra also become
closer and as the summer
gets hotter, both
Tomás and Helena
want Sandra and it's not
going to end well. Oh
and Tomás is in
charge of promoting a
book called 199 Recetas
Para Ser Feliz and
Helena becomes a nude
model. Oh boy, I found
this film impossible to
like. The characters are
all incredibly selfish
and do not care about
their actions in the
slightest. None of them
are likable, which is
fine, but it also means
that I don't really give
a shit when everything
turns to shit. There's
copious amounts of sex
and nudity, which is
great and all, but the
film is torturous to
watch. Bah!
Tamara
Garea


Andrea
Garcia Huidobro

Tamara
Garea and Andrea Garcia
Huidobro
Alana
Vandeweghe

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