Close to Eden
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67% Critic Match

Close to Eden

6.7 / 10 1991 1h 59mNR Russian
Drama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Badema

Badema

Pagma

Lead
B

Bayaertu

Gombo

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Vladimir Gostyukhin

Sergey

B

Baoyinhexige

Bayartu

BY

Bao Yungyan

Burma

W

Wurinile

Bowin

B

Babouchka

Babouchka

Biao Wang

Biao Wang

Wang Biao, Chinese pianist

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nikita Mikhalkov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Close to Eden is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker