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River

5.6

0h 50m

2002

Synopsis

The end of the 19th century. A tiny colony of lepers in the isolated Yakut taiga. A healthy girl, brought there by chance, falls in love with one of the young male lepers. Soon she is bearing his child. His wife suddenly arrives from the outside world and tragedy ensues within this strange love triangle.

Director

Aleksei Balabanov

Drama

Cast & Crew

Vasily Borisov

Vasily Borisov

as Kyrgeley

Anna Flegontova

Anna Flegontova

as Anchik

Tuyara Svinoboeva

Tuyara Svinoboeva

as Mergen

Mikhail Skryabin

Mikhail Skryabin

as Dzhanga

Mariya Kychkina

Mariya Kychkina

as Byterkhay

Mariya Kanaeva

as Kutuyakhsyt

Spartak Fedotov

Spartak Fedotov

as Salban

Gennady Turantaev

Gennady Turantaev

as yakut

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