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Happiness

A documentary series following a young monk in Bhutan as the modern world takes hold there.

2 movies 2h 59m total 6.8 avg

Timeline

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Happiness
1/17/20141h 20m 6.4
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.
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Sing Me a Song
9/23/20201h 39m 7.3
As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, documentarian Thomas Balmès is there to witness its transformative impact on a young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation gives way to profound engagement with the technology.

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