Humanity has always wanted to find ways to enhance its existence on earth: Prolong life, make hard work easier, avoid risks of dying and in the end facilitate the trespass. From early medicine with concoctions and lotions to nowadays pharmaceutical industry, which has developed pills that push the boundaries of our existence.

Arnaud Robert and Paolo Woods, two journalists, started a filmed and photographed quest of the pills that promise us happiness. For their documentation they travelled around the world, starting and ending their journey in Switzerland.