Close to Eden (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.
Director:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer:
Rustam Ibragimbekov
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Badema as Pagma |
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Bayaertu as Gombo |
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Vladimir Gostyukhin as Sergey |
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Baoyinhexige as Bayartu |
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Bao Yungyan as Burma |
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Wurinile as Bowin |
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Babouchka as Babouchka |
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Biao Wang as Wang Biao, Chinese pianist |
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Bao Jinsheng as |
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Nikolay Vashchilin as Nikolay, Sergey's friend |
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Larisa Kuznetsova as Marina, Sergei's wife |
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Jon Bochinski as Stanislas |
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Nikita Mikhalkov as cyclist on the street of chinese city (uncredited) |
| Directing | Nikita Mikhalkov | Director |
| Editing | Joëlle Hache | Editor |
| Camera | Jean-Jack Brehier | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Michel Seydoux | Producer |
| Production | René Cleitman | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irina Ginno | Costume Design |
| Camera | Vilen Kalyuta | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eduard Artemyev | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Rustam Ibragimbekov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Stepan Mikhalkov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrey Razenkov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Krasinsky | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ulrike Koch | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Viktor Lysak | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roman Ovcharenko | Second Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Christian Berthier | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Katya Chelli | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Clara Ott | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Maguelone Pouget | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Maryline Monthieux | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Frédérique Recoque | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Michel Kharat | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Jérôme Lévy | Foley |
| Sound | Pascal Mazière | Foley |
| Sound | Eric Tisserand | Sound Mix Technician |
| Sound | Joël Rangon | Sound Mix Technician |
| Production | Catherine Jacques | Production Director |
| Production | Sophie Ravard | Production Director |
| Writing | Nikita Mikhalkov | Idea |
| Writing | Rustam Ibragimbekov | Writer |
| Writing | Nikita Mikhalkov | Writer |
| Directing | Anatoly Ermilov | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Oleksii Levchenko | Production Design |
| Sound | Jean Umansky | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | André Rigaud | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Jean Goudier | Sound Editor |
| Production | Leonid Vereshchagin | Production Director |
| Production | Patrick Millet | Production Director |
| Production | She Senlin | Production Director |
| Production | Wang Wei | Production Director |
| Camera | Valery Anisimov | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Bolotnikova | Costumer |
| Lighting | Alexander Karlin | Gaffer |
| Writing | Rustam Ibragimbekov | Dialogue |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Vincent Arnardi | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Jean-Louis Piel | Production Executive |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larisa Avdyushko | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Bernard Barbereau | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Michaël Crotto | Still Photographer |
