Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó
Agent of Happiness
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Agent of Happiness

Agent of Happiness

Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó

2024
94 min.
Hungary and Bhutan
Nepali, Dzongkha and English
Subtitles: English and Catalan

Amber, the happiness agent, travels to the Kingdom of Bhutan to measure the happiness of its inhabitants on a mathematical scale.

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Direction
Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó
Production
Match Frame Productions
Synopsis

They say that the Kingdom of Bhutan, located on the southern side of the Himalayas, is the happiest country on earth. The documentary follows the routine of Amber, one of the seventy-five government workers hired to measure people’s happiness on a mathematical scale. The calculation of the country’s gross national happiness is based on material aspects such as the number of cows, goats or tractors that someone possesses, and also on subjective and much more abstract criteria: Do you trust your neighbours? How do you balance work and family life? What's your sense of karma? On his remote journey through the Himalayan mountains investigating people’s happiness, Amber seeks fulfilment.

About the direction
Arun Bhattarai

Arun Bhattarai

Filmmaker

Arun Bhattarai (director, cinematographer, co-producer, Bhutan) premiered his first feature-length d...

Dorottya Zurbó

Dorottya Zurbó

Filmmaker

Dorottya Zurbó (codirectora, Hungría) estrenó su primer largometraje documental The Next Guardian en...

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2024
Sundance Film Festival
Edició 2024
2024
Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
Edició 2024
Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó
Agent of Happiness
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