Mukati 2009, Docter akacherechedza mwanasikana wake asati achiri kuyaruka, Elie, achiratidza kunyara kwakafanana. "Akatanga kunyarara uye akachengetedzwa, uye izvo, pachena, zvakakonzera zvakawanda zvangu kusagadzikana uye kutya", akadaro. Akafungidzira zvinoitika mupfungwa dzevanhu kana manzwiro akaiswa mukati. Pfungwa yekuzviratidza kuburikidza nemapikicha yakafadza Docter, uyo akafunga kuti ndiyo fomu yakakodzera yekutsanangura "vanhu vane simba, vane maonero, vane hunhu". Akatanga kutsvaga ruzivo nezvepfungwa, pamwe naJonas Rivera, mugadziri, naRonnie del Carmen, director wechipiri. Vakakurukura naPaul Ekman Jobs, nyanzvi inozivikanwa yepfungwa inodzidza hupenyu hwemanzwiro, uye Dacher Keltner, purofesa wepfungwa paUniversity of California.
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