Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-15

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3860 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Werner Herzog

Dmitry Vasyukov

Rudolph Herzog

Fullplot:

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions. The expressive pictures are accompanied by original sound bites quoting the villagers.

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