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6.8/10

Close to Eden (1991)

NR | 1 Hours 59 Minutes

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.

Director: Nikita Mikhalkov

The Cast

Badema

Pagma

Bayaertu

Gombo

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Sergei

Wang Jianguo

Bayartu, a local eccentric / Genghis Khan

Bao Yungyan

Burma, daughter of Pagma and Gombo

Vurinil

Bowin, son of Pagma and Gombo

Babouchka

Grandma

Biao Wang

Van Biao

Wang Biao

Wang Biao, Chinese pianist

Nikolay Vashchilin

Nikolay, Sergey's friend

Larisa Kuznetsova

Marina, Sergei's wife

Jon Bochinski

Stanislas

Nikita Mikhalkov

cyclist on the street of chinese city

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