SMS From Shangri-La
2010•Released
Documentary
"Gross national happiness is more important than gross national product", declares the King of Bhutan. Can happiness be decreed? We accompany seven Swiss musicians to this mountainous Himalayan country. Between concerts, we meet Bhutanese people in their daily lives, who tell us, as if in passing, what makes them happy. Are we capable of finding happiness elsewhere? Does the advantage of globalization lie precisely in the erasure of the elsewhere? The whole world is in the here and now, and distant horizons are always close to us, transported by SMS...
Director
Dieter Fahrer
Writer
Dieter Fahrer, Lisa Röösli
Languages
Dzongkha, English, German
Studio
Balzli & Fahrer Filmproduktion
Production
Company
Balzli & Fahrer Filmproduktion
Company
SRG SSR
Company
ARTE GEIE
Company
SRF
Producer
Dieter Fahrer
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