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Happiness

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.

2014
Documentary
1h 20min
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Top Billed Cast

  • Peyangki

    Himself

  • Kinley Om

    Himself, Peyangki's uncle

  • Ap Kinley Dorji

  • Aum Thinley Dolma

  • Sangay Thinley

  • Rinchen

  • Leki

  • Pyago

  • Choki

    Herself, Peyangki's sister

  • Chencho Thinley

  • Namgay Dorji

  • Jigme Singye Wangchuk

    Himself, King of Bhutan 1972-2006 (archive footage)

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