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Amber, a happiness agent, travels through the Bhutanese Himalayas to analyze people’s happiness. On his remote journey through the mountains, he seeks fulfillment… I’m not sure if this should be called “Agent of Satisfaction” instead. Not satisfied in the sense of barely having enough, but in the sense of being truly content with your lot in life. That’s what Amber tries to find out as he travels throughout this small Himalayan kingdom, twice a year, trying to determine how its citizens feel about things. Using a combination of tools, he talks to residents old and new, urban and rural, traditional and more modern, all with the goal of determining how the population feels and relaying that information to a government that wants to listen and learn about those attitudes to help keep your people in a good place, mentally and physically. This documentary presents us with a series of individuals whose aspirations vary considerably – sometimes by age, ability, location, education/professional skills – but above all we are left with a sense of their appreciation for their environment. While their livelihoods may be seen by the West as more basic, agrarian, underdeveloped; their own perception of their existence in the mountains, with beautiful scenery, clean air and the blessings of their gods upon them seems to provide that elusive sense of less is more and fulfillment. Obviously not everyone is blissfully happy, but there is a distinct lack of “cry” for change, as respect for the King and the status quo seems to permeate every demographic cry of “it ain’t broke, so don’t fix it”. There are quite a few characters here, some fun and some downright grumpy, and Amber sometimes has her work cut out for her to try to get meaningful answers to her questions so she can extrapolate the data in a useful way. In a society that hasn’t evolved much technologically, it seems like everyone still has access to the internet and there’s a proud tradition of educating everyone so they can make decisions, and yet overall they still feel that magic word: happiness. Having cows seems to help too!