Close to Eden
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Starring Badema, Bayaertu, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Baoyinhexige, Bao Yungyan, Wurinile, Babouchka, Biao Wang, Bao Jinsheng, Nikolay Vashchilin
Sad / low
ExhaustedA 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.
- Original title
- Урга - территория любви
- Original language
- Russian
- Country
- France, Russia
- Screenplay
- Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nikita Mikhalkov
- Music
- Eduard Artemyev
- Cinematography
- Vilen Kalyuta
- Cast
- Baoyinhexige, Bao Yungyan, Wurinile, Babouchka, Biao Wang, Bao Jinsheng, Nikolay Vashchilin
Updated August 14, 2026
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