Close to Eden (1991)
Urga
119 min
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.
- Release date
- September 1, 1991
- Country of origin
- France
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Cast
- Badema as Pagma
- Bayaertu as Gombo
- Vladimir Gostyukhin as Sergei
- Biao Wang as Van Biao
- Nikolay Vashchilin as Nikolai
- Larisa Kuznetsova as Marina, Sergei's wife
- Nikita Mikhalkov as cyclist on the street of chinese city (uncredited)
- Baoyinhexige as Bayartou
- Baoyinhexige as Gengis Khan
- Yongyan Bao as Bourma
- Wurinile as Bouin
- Babushka as Grandma
- Jinsheng Bao
Crew
- Nikita Mikhalkov · Director
- Rustam Ibragimbekov · Writer
- Nikita Mikhalkov · Writer
- Michel Seydoux · Producer
- Eduard Artemyev · Composer
- Vilen Kalyuta · Cinematographer
- Joëlle Hache · Editor
- Aleksey Levchenko · Production designer