River (2002)
The end of the 19th century. A tiny colony of lepers in the isolated Yakut taiga. A healthy girl, brought there by chance, falls in love with one of the young male lepers. Soon she is bearing his child. His wife suddenly arrives from the outside world and tragedy ensues within this strange love triangle.
Director:
Aleksei Balabanov
Writer:
Aleksei Balabanov
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Vasily Borisov as Kyrgeley |
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Anna Flegontova as Anchik |
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Tuyara Svinoboeva as Mergen |
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Mikhail Skryabin as Dzhanga |
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Mariya Kychkina as Byterkhay |
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Mariya Kanaeva as Kutuyakhsyt |
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Spartak Fedotov as Salban |
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Gennady Turantaev as yakut |
| Production | Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
| Writing | Aleksei Balabanov | Screenplay |
| Camera | Sergey Astakhov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Pavel Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Directing | Aleksei Balabanov | Director |
| Editing | Marina Lipartiya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Frid | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Vasileva | Costume Design |
| Sound | Vladimir Golounin | Sound Director |
| Sound | Maksim Belovolov | Sound Director |