Samichay, In Search of Happiness (Spanish: Samichay, en busca de la felicidad) is a 2019 Peruvian black-and-white drama film written and directed by Mauricio Franco Tosso (in his directorial debut), spoken in Cuzco Quechua[2] and premiered at the Lima Film Festival, about the journey of a peasant quechua with his cow called Samichay in the Andes of Peru.

[3] Celestino (Amiel Cayo), a Quechua peasant in the Andes, after his mother and wife die, only has his daughter and mother-in-law for company.

He believes that Samichay brings good luck, but on the contrary, the cow is very malnourished and therefore lost weight.

[2] It was shot in the provinces of Quispicanchi (Palquella, district of Marcapata) and Canchis in the department of Cusco at heights of more than 4000 meters.

[6] The works of the companies Quechua Films of Spain and Quinta Imagen of Peru were financed by Spanish and Peruvian funds.