Amber, a happiness agent, travels to the Bhutanese Himalayas to survey people’s happiness. On his remote mountain trek, he seeks fulfillment. I’m not sure if this is what you should call a “happiness agent”? Not being satisfied with just having enough, but being truly satisfied with your lot in life. That’s what Amber seeks to find as he travels the breadth of this small Himalayan kingdom, trying to discover how its citizens feel about things. Using a combination of tools, he chats with residents, old and new, urban and rural, traditional and more modern – all with the aim of establishing how the population feels and feeding back to a government willing to listen and learn from those attitudes, which can help keep its people in good shape – both mentally and physically. This documentary introduces us to a group of people whose aspirations vary considerably – sometimes in terms of age, ability, location, education/professional potential – but often you get a sense of appreciation for their surroundings. Westerners may see their livelihoods as more basic, agricultural, and undeveloped; their own perception of their existence in the mountains, with beautiful scenery, fresh air, and the blessings of their gods, seems to give that vague sense of growth and fulfillment. Obviously not everyone is happy with the joy, but since the respect for the king and the status quo is pervasive across all demographics, it is not broken, so there is a distinct lack of “voices” for change by screaming “don’t fix it.” There are several characters here, some more amusing and some simply austere, and Amber sometimes has his work cut out for him in trying to get meaningful answers to his questions so that he can usefully extract data. In a society that has not really advanced technologically, it still seems to give everyone access to the internet, and there is a proud tradition of educating everyone to empower decision-making – and yet they still, broadly speaking, feel that magic word. Happy. Owning cows seems to help too!