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200375 minAdocumentary

8.0/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Addiction Mental Health

Gunnar Goes Comfortable

200375 minAdocumentary

8.0/ 10(4 ratings)• TMDB

Gunnar Hall Jensen travels to India, confronting his struggles with depression, diabetes, and alcoholism while seeking a path to recovery and personal transformation.

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Gunnar Hall Jensen

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Gunnar Hall Jensen travels to India, confronting his struggles with depression, diabetes, and alcoholism while seeking a path to recovery and personal transformation.

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Gunnar Hall Jensen travels to India in search of meaning. He struggles with depression, diabetes, and alcoholism. In this spiritual land, he faces his deepest challenges and reaches a critical low point. Through reflection and the influence of Indian culture, he begins to change. The documentary follows his path to recovery and a new outlook on life, documenting his experiences from 2003.

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