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Close to Eden

6.7/10 1991 4K 119 min
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.

Close to Eden
Top Cast
Badema
Badema
Pagma
Bayaertu
Bayaertu
Gombo
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Sergey
Baoyinhexige
Baoyinhexige
Bayartu
Bao Yungyan
Bao Yungyan
Burma
Wurinile
Wurinile
Bowin
Babouchka
Babouchka
Babouchka
Biao Wang
Biao Wang
Wang Biao, Chinese pianist
Bao Jinsheng
Bao Jinsheng
Nikolay Vashchilin
Nikolay Vashchilin
Nikolay, Sergey's friend