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This is an entertaining documentary about people of all ages enjoying various activities that reflect the human propensity to play, to create, to be artful, and to live life for its own sake. On view are costumed dancers in Bali, a little 6-year-old pianist having fun at the ivories, a bullfighter in rehearsal, and even kids fishing on the Amazon. A musical score by the talented Antonio Carlos Jobim enhances the upbeat tenor of this tribute to people at play -- or those who work as though it were play.