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Dok-Kino: AGENT OF HAPPINESS
BTN/ HUN 2024; Director: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó; German version, duration: 93 min
This documentary road movie follows Bhutanese Amber Gurung as he travels through the remote valleys of the Himalayas. There, agents like him ask the people of Bhutan about their very personal sense of happiness.
They respond very differently to Amber's standardised questionnaire: whether they own a cow or a donkey, a tractor or a laptop - they all talk with unflinching honesty and quiet wisdom about their lives and what makes them happy and what perhaps does not.
Based on Bhutan's happiness policy, which is now known worldwide, the film explores the question of what happiness can be. When people talk about themselves, the film gives an idea that happiness is not just a question of external circumstances. And how fragile happiness is - no matter where you live.
This documentary road movie follows Bhutanese Amber Gurung as he travels through the remote valleys of the Himalayas. There, agents like him ask the people of Bhutan about their very personal sense of happiness.
They respond very differently to Amber's standardised questionnaire: whether they own a cow or a donkey, a tractor or a laptop - they all talk with unflinching honesty and quiet wisdom about their lives and what makes them happy and what perhaps does not.
Based on Bhutan's happiness policy, which is now known worldwide, the film explores the question of what happiness can be. When people talk about themselves, the film gives an idea that happiness is not just a question of external circumstances. And how fragile happiness is - no matter where you live.
