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Amber, a happiness agent, travels through the Bhutanese Himalayas to analyze people’s happiness. On her long journey through the mountains, she seeks fulfillment… I’m not sure if she’d call it “Agent of Contentment.” Not content in the sense that you’re content with barely enough, but in the sense that you’re genuinely happy with your life. That’s what Amber is trying to find out as she travels to this small Himalayan kingdom twice a year to try to determine how its citizens feel about things. She uses a combination of tools to talk to residents old and new, urban and rural, traditional and more modern, all with the goal of determining how the population is feeling and relaying that information to a government that wants to listen to attitudes and learn from those attitudes. Helping its people be in a good place, both mentally and physically. This documentary features a series of individuals whose aspirations vary considerably – sometimes depending on their age, ability, location, education/professional background – but above all, their sense of appreciation for their environment remains. While their livelihoods may be seen by the West as more basic, agrarian, and underdeveloped; their own perception of existing high in the mountains, with beautiful scenery, fresh air, and blessings from their gods, seems to offer that elusive sense of less is more and abundance. Obviously not everyone is happy, but there is a clear lack of “cry” for change, as reverence for the king and the status quo permeate every demographic cry of “it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” There are quite a few characters here, some more fun and some downright grumpy, and Amber sometimes has trouble getting meaningful answers to her questions in order to usefully extrapolate the data. In a society that hasn’t advanced much technologically, it seems like the internet is still accessible to everyone and there’s a proud tradition of educating everyone to make decisions, but overall you can still feel that magic word: happiness. Apparently the cows are helping too!