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Run time:
65 min.
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Canada, India, Tanzania, USA, UK
Laughter. Plato hated it, the Bible discouraged it, scientists avoided it, psychologists once thought if it didn't kill you, it would drive you insane. With his trademark blend of humour and serious investigation, Albert Nerenberg drops in on cutting edge neuroscientists and cardiologists, a joyous yoga teacher, and Christian holy laughter groups in search of its origin and meaning. He visits the site of a severe laughter epidemic in Africa and reconvenes the folks who created The Nanny's laugh tracks. Ultimately he finds the man with the most contagious laugh in the world. The film attempts to find the reason why we laugh, and especially why we're wired to laugh together, whether it's in a pub, at a movie, or in the face of danger. Laughter is sweeping the world in a way that it never has before. The Internet is full of giggling chortling babies. Science is discovering the incredible health benefits to laughing. And amazingly, a London study has now proved that laughter is one of the most contagious human behaviors of all. Laughology wittily weaves research, archival stills, television clips, and a hilarious send-up of the use of re-enactments in docs. Nerenberg's quest to rediscover his own laugh has produced a film that will undoubtedly play a major role in a 'global laughter trend at a crucial time when the world needs a good laugh.'
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