AGENT OF HAPPINESS

Butan, Mađarska / 2024 / 94'

 

How can you measure happiness? Amber is still living with his elderly mother at the age of 40, but is nevertheless a hopeless romantic who dreams of finding love: a happiness agent who is in search of his own happiness. We embark with Amber on a cross-country road trip meeting citizens from all walks of life, reminding us of the fragility and beauty of our own happiness. No matter where we live.
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Directed by: Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Cinematography: Arun Bhattarai
Editing: Péter Sass
Music: Ádám Balázs
Producers: Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai
Production: Match Frame Productions
Festivals and Awards: Sundance FF, CPH:DOX, True/False FF

 

About the authors:

Arun Bhattarai (Bhutan) premiered his first feature-length documentary The Next Guardian (co-directed by Dorottya Zurbó) – an intimate family story set in Bhutan – at IDFA in 2017. The film has been screened at more than 40 international festivals. Before becoming an independent filmmaker, he worked as a TV director at the Bhutan Broadcasting Service for 5 years.

Dorottya Zurbó premiered her first feature-length documentary The Next Guardian – an intimate family story set in Bhutan – at IDFA in 2017. Since then, it has been screened at more than 40 international festivals. Parallelly, she worked on her first directorial debut Easy Lessons, a feature-length documentary about a young Somalian refugee girl who tries to adapt to Hungary.