Agent of Happiness

domestic abuse references
Agent of Happiness
Director(s)Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes93m
CastSarita Chettri, Dophu Dem, Amber Kumar Gurung, Hemlata Gurung, Guna Raj Kuikel, Karma Lhamo, Wangmo Lhamo, Yangka Lhamo, Dechen Selden, Tsehing Lham Thaye, Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó, Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Ádám Balázs, Arun Bhattarai, Péter Sass

Agent of Happiness

domestic abuse references
Two Bhutanese bureaucrats embark on a cross-country journey through the Himalayas in order to measure people's happiness ...
Two Bhutanese bureaucrats embark on a cross-country journey through the Himalayas in order to measure people's happiness levels in this moving documentary, which contains themes of domestic abuse, bereavement and loneliness.
violence
language
sex
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
drugs
injury detail
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
15/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A teenage girl references how she has seen her father beat her mother with various implements in the past and has been forced to intervene to stop the abuse continuing. She also details how she has taken over the running of the house, to the detriment of her studies, and the caring of her younger sibling due to her parents' drinking problems and other health issues. A woman tearfully describes how she was very young when she met her polygamist husband and implies she felt forced to marry him. She recounts how he can be unpleasant towards her and his other wives at times.
language
Infrequent use of mild bad language ('ass') occurs.
sex
A polygamist brags about the number of children he has fathered and states that, had he not had an operation, he would have fathered many more. A bar singer dances around suggestively on stage whilst the audience cheer and clap. References are made to adultery.
theme
A transgender bar singer speaks movingly about her struggle to find her identity and how it has impacted her mental health. There are references to depression, cancer and death. A man describes his sadness that his wife did not live to see their children succeed.
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
10/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A teenage girl references how she has seen her father beat her mother with various implements in the past and has been forced to intervene to stop the abuse continuing. She also details how she has taken over the running of the house, to the detriment of her studies, and the caring of her younger sibling due to her parents' drinking problems and other health issues. A woman tearfully describes how she was very young when she met her polygamist husband and implies she felt forced to marry him. She recounts how he can be unpleasant towards her and his other wives at times.
language
Infrequent use of mild bad language ('ass') occurs.
sex
A polygamist brags about the number of children he has fathered and states that, had he not had an operation, he would have fathered many more. A bar singer dances around suggestively on stage whilst the audience cheer and clap. References are made to adultery.
theme
A transgender bar singer speaks movingly about her struggle to find her identity and how it has impacted her mental health. There are references to depression, cancer and death. A man describes his sadness that his wife did not live to see their children succeed.
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date10/09/2024
LanguageEnglish
violence
language
sex
theme
threat and horror
discrimination
drugs
injury detail
Director(s)Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes93m
CastSarita Chettri, Dophu Dem, Amber Kumar Gurung, Hemlata Gurung, Guna Raj Kuikel, Karma Lhamo, Wangmo Lhamo, Yangka Lhamo, Dechen Selden, Tsehing Lham Thaye, Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó, Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Ádám Balázs, Arun Bhattarai, Péter Sass
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
15/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A teenage girl references how she has seen her father beat her mother with various implements in the past and has been forced to intervene to stop the abuse continuing. She also details how she has taken over the running of the house, to the detriment of her studies, and the caring of her younger sibling due to her parents' drinking problems and other health issues. A woman tearfully describes how she was very young when she met her polygamist husband and implies she felt forced to marry him. She recounts how he can be unpleasant towards her and his other wives at times.
language
Infrequent use of mild bad language ('ass') occurs.
sex
A polygamist brags about the number of children he has fathered and states that, had he not had an operation, he would have fathered many more. A bar singer dances around suggestively on stage whilst the audience cheer and clap. References are made to adultery.
theme
A transgender bar singer speaks movingly about her struggle to find her identity and how it has impacted her mental health. There are references to depression, cancer and death. A man describes his sadness that his wife did not live to see their children succeed.
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
10/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Dogwoof
violence
A teenage girl references how she has seen her father beat her mother with various implements in the past and has been forced to intervene to stop the abuse continuing. She also details how she has taken over the running of the house, to the detriment of her studies, and the caring of her younger sibling due to her parents' drinking problems and other health issues. A woman tearfully describes how she was very young when she met her polygamist husband and implies she felt forced to marry him. She recounts how he can be unpleasant towards her and his other wives at times.
language
Infrequent use of mild bad language ('ass') occurs.
sex
A polygamist brags about the number of children he has fathered and states that, had he not had an operation, he would have fathered many more. A bar singer dances around suggestively on stage whilst the audience cheer and clap. References are made to adultery.
theme
A transgender bar singer speaks movingly about her struggle to find her identity and how it has impacted her mental health. There are references to depression, cancer and death. A man describes his sadness that his wife did not live to see their children succeed.
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Dogwoof
Classified date10/09/2024
LanguageEnglish