18 minutes to fall in love with a country that measures happiness, not GDP.
Cinematography
Himalayan vistas that'll ruin other travel docs for you.
Direction
Pelden Dorji's patient, reverent lens—no rush, all wonder.
Director
Pelden Dorji
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bhutan's 'Gross National Happiness' philosophy was still emerging in 1998—this doc captures it before global tourism exploded post-1974 opening.
Director Pelden Dorji was among Bhutan's first trained filmmakers; this predates the kingdom's 1999 ban on television lifting by one year.
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