It was shot and directed by a totally different person, a famous Rusdian documentary director. 4 x 1h parts. It is absolutely glorious.

After the original movie was made, released and got successful, Werner Herzor made a deal with the director and edited 4 hours of original movie in half, while adding his commentary. He made it A LOT worse, sadly.

The only people who rave about it, are the ones who haven't seen the original. Please, do yourself a favor and watch it.

Perhaps the reason why Werner absolutely butchered the film was because he was so out of touch with the subject of happiness?..

If anyone's interested I think I found it on youtube in english: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcHbZZPce_ZMUuYr5u6sx...