Close to Eden

1991119m6.7 (64)

Drama

A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control. He comes upon a Russian truck driver who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.

Crew

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Director

Michel Seydoux

Michel Seydoux

Producer

Vilen Kalyuta

Vilen Kalyuta

Director of Photography

Eduard Artemyev

Eduard Artemyev

Original Music Composer

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Screenplay

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Rustam Ibragimbekov

Writer

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writer

Cast

Badema

Badema

Pagma

B

Bayaertu

Gombo

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Sergey

B

Baoyinhexige

Bayartu

BY

Bao Yungyan

Burma

W

Wurinile

Bowin

B

Babouchka

Babouchka

Biao Wang

Biao Wang

Wang Biao, Chinese pianist

BJ

Bao Jinsheng

Nikolay Vashchilin

Nikolay Vashchilin

Nikolay, Sergey's friend

Larisa Kuznetsova

Larisa Kuznetsova

Marina, Sergei's wife

JB

Jon Bochinski

Stanislas

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