Happiness

Name: Happiness
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.375

2014 · 80 min

Documentary

★ 6.4

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Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes.

Crew

Director Thomas Balmès
Writer Thomas Balmès
Director of Photography Thomas Balmès
Director of Photography Nina Bernfeld

Cast

P
Peyangki
Himself
K
Kinley Om
Himself, Peyangki's uncle
A
Ap Kinley Dorji
A
Aum Thinley Dolma
S
Sangay Thinley
R
Rinchen
L
Leki
P
Pyago
C
Choki
Herself, Peyangki's sister
C
Chencho Thinley
N
Namgay Dorji
J
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
Himself, King of Bhutan 1972-2006 (archive footage)

Crew

Director — Thomas Balmès
Writer — Thomas Balmès
Director of Photography — Thomas Balmès
Director of Photography — Nina Bernfeld

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

GO DEEPER

Turn the obscurity dial up. There's a lot further down to go.

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