"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...
Official Trailer
Budget
Not disclosed
Revenue
Not disclosed
Studios
SRG SSRARTE GEIE
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Title
SMS From Shangri-La
Released
Jan 21, 2010
Rated
Not rated
Region of Origin
Switzerland
Original Audio
English
Status
Released
Studios
Balzli & Fahrer Filmproduktion, SRG SSR
