Happiness

1h 20m
Documentary
6.2

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.

Cast

Peyangki
Himself
Kinley Om
Himself, Peyangki's uncle
Ap Kinley Dorji
Unknown
Aum Thinley Dolma
Unknown
Sangay Thinley
Unknown
Rinchen
Unknown
Leki
Unknown
Pyago
Unknown
Choki
Herself, Peyangki's sister
Chencho Thinley
Unknown
Namgay Dorji
Unknown
Jigme Singye Wangchuk
Himself, King of Bhutan 1972-2006 (archive footage)

Crew

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

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