Close to Eden

Category: 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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1991-09-25
Run time: 119 minute / 1:59
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer: Rustam Ibragimbekov
Production Companies : Camera One, Hachette Première, Studio Trite, UGC
Production Countries: France, Soviet Union

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Badema
as Pagma
Bayaertu
as Gombo
Vladimir Gostyukhin
as Sergey
Baoyinhexige
as Bayartu
Bao Yungyan
as Burma
Wurinile
as Bowin
Babouchka
as Babouchka
Biao Wang
as Wang Biao, Chinese pianist
Bao Jinsheng
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)
Directing
Nikita Mikhalkov Director

Editing
Joëlle Hache Editor

Camera
Jean-Jack Brehier Steadicam Operator

Production
Michel Seydoux Producer
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
Andrey Razenkov Assistant Director
Vladimir Krasinsky Assistant Director
Ulrike Koch Assistant Director

Camera
Viktor Lysak First Assistant Camera
Roman Ovcharenko Second Assistant Camera

Sound
Christian Berthier Sound Assistant

Editing
Katya Chelli Assistant Editor
Clara Ott Assistant Editor
Maguelone Pouget Assistant Editor
Maryline Monthieux Assistant Editor
Frédérique Recoque Assistant Editor

Sound
Michel Kharat Boom Operator
Jérôme Lévy Foley
Pascal Mazière Foley
Eric Tisserand Sound Mix Technician
Joël Rangon Sound Mix Technician

Production
Catherine Jacques Production Director
Sophie Ravard Production Director

Writing
Nikita Mikhalkov Idea
Rustam Ibragimbekov Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov Writer

Directing
Anatoly Ermilov First Assistant Director

Art
Oleksii Levchenko Production Design

Sound
Jean Umansky Sound Engineer
André Rigaud Sound Engineer
Jean Goudier Sound Editor

Production
Leonid Vereshchagin Production Director
Patrick Millet Production Director
She Senlin Production Director
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
Vincent Arnardi Sound Mixer

Production
Jean-Louis Piel Production Executive

Costume & Make-Up
Larisa Avdyushko Makeup & Hair

Camera
Bernard Barbereau Still Photographer
Michaël Crotto Still Photographer





















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