Switzerland / Jan 21, 2010 / Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
"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
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | SMS From Shangri-La |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Deutsch |
| Production countries | Switzerland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Balzli & Fahrer Filmproduktion, SRG SSR, ARTE GEIE, SRF |
| Release date | 21 gennaio 2010 |
| Production | Dieter Fahrer |
| Writer | Dieter Fahrer, Lisa Röösli |
| Editing | Maya Schmid |
| Cinematography | Lisa Röösli, Dieter Fahrer, Ugyen Wangdi |
| Assistant directors | Dieter Fahrer, Lisa Röösli |
| Camera operators | Lisa Röösli, Dieter Fahrer, Ugyen Wangdi |
| Additional photography | Lisa Röösli, Dieter Fahrer, Ugyen Wangdi |
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