Close to Eden

1991 · directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

Rating

83/100

Hit

yes

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.

Close to Eden (1991), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Badema
• Bayaertu
• Vladimir Gostyukhin
• Baoyinhexige
• Bao Yungyan
• Wurinile
• Babouchka
• Biao Wang
• Bao Jinsheng
• Nikolay Vashchilin

Crew

• Vilen Kalyuta — Director of Photography
• Joëlle Hache — Editor
• Eduard Artemyev — Original Music Composer
• Rustam Ibragimbekov — Screenplay
• Nikita Mikhalkov — Writer
• Rustam Ibragimbekov — Writer

More from Nikita Mikhalkov

1. An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano (1977) — 79/100
2. Dark Eyes (1987) — 78/100
3. Burnt by the Sun (1994) — 77/100
4. 12 (2007) — 72/100
5. At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974) — 70/100
6. Oblomov (1980) — 70/100

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