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Agent of Happiness

དགའ་བའི་འབྱུང་གནས།

2024

This documentary follows two government workers who travel Bhutan's remote villages door to door, measuring the nation's famous Gross National Happiness with their questionnaires — and quietly reckoning with their own longings along the way.

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Part of 4 Essential Films from Bhutan

This film is stop 4 of 4 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Bhutan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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