Agent of Happiness

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• The film follows Amber Kumar Gurung, a government-employed 'happiness agent' who travels the Bhutanese Himalayas conducting surveys on citizens' well-being, but his own happiness is in doubt as he grapples with regaining his lost citizenship.
• The Gross National Happiness Index, which scores citizens on a 1-10 scale across 148 questions, is explored as Amber encounters a range of Bhutanese lives, from a transgender burlesque dancer to a polygamous family, highlighting the complexities of quantifying 'happiness'.