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Close to Eden

6.7 119 mins Drama   1991
Caméra One   Hachette Première   Studio Trite   UGC  
Director(s): Nikita Mikhalkov

Release Date: 25 Wed, Sep 1991

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.

Casts of Close to Eden

Badema

as Pagma

Bayaertu

as Gombo

Baoyinhexige

as Bayartu

Bao Yungyan

as Burma

Wurinile

as Bowin

Babouchka

as Babouchka

Biao Wang

as Wang Biao, Chinese pianist

Nikolay Vashchilin

as Nikolay, Sergey's friend

Larisa Kuznetsova

as Marina, Sergei's wife

Jon Bochinski

as Stanislas

Nikita Mikhalkov

as cyclist on the street of chinese city (uncredited)

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