Happiness (2013)

Directed by

Thomas Balmès

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Finland

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

15

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores what happiness means by looking at the lives of people in different parts of the world. The filmmaker travels to various countries to see how culture, environment, and daily routines affect a person's sense of well-being.

contemplativeobservationalquietthoughtfulreflectivemeditative

What happens

Happiness is a 2013 French-Finnish documentary film written, directed and produced by Thomas Balmès. The film had its world premiere at International Documentary Festival Amsterdam in November 2013 and premiered in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 17 January 2014. It won the Documentary World Cinema Cinematography Award at the festival. The film premiered at 2014 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Views of the World section, on 16 March 2014. It also premiered at 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival on 27 April 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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