The Search for Happiness 

Why does everybody search for happiness – and how do people try to find their fulfilment in life? While many of us feel depressed and caught up in their own reality, this series takes us on an adventurous journey to places, where sometimes happiness appears least likely to be found. The geographical thread of this TV series is the Tropic of Cancer, which cuts through countries, among which the differences couldn’t be greater. Southern China, Hawaii, deserts in Mali and finally Calcutta in India.

The “heroes” of the films are rich and poor, alone and in love, old and young. They are Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist – but still, they all have one in common: Each of them is on a personal journey, on the search for happiness.

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