SMS From Shangri-La
2010
Overview
"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...
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- Switzerland
Spoken Languages
- Dzongkha dz
- English en
- German de
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Cast
Crew
Dieter Fahrer
Director
Dieter Fahrer
Producer
Dieter Fahrer
Screenplay
Wege Wüthrich
Music
Gilbert Paeffgen
Music
Lisa Röösli
Screenplay
Lisa Röösli
Director
Mark Oberholzer
Music
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