SMS From Shangri-La

SMS From Shangri-La

2010
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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...

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Balzli & Fahrer Filmproduktion SRG SSR ARTE GEIE SRF
Production Countries
Switzerland
Spoken Languages
Dzongkha English German

Keywords

artfilm

Quick Facts

Release Date January 21, 2010
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Key Crew

Dieter Fahrer
Director
Dieter Fahrer
Producer
Dieter Fahrer
Screenplay
Lisa Röösli
Screenplay
Lisa Röösli
Director