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  • 7.3/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 59m
  • COUNTRIES: France,Russia
  • Subtitles: 普通话,,Pусский

Veteran Russian writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov's film about the impact of modern civilization on an idyllic part of Mongolia won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film. A farmer (Bayyartu) and his wife, who live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia, have 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 (Vladimir Gostyukhin) who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled at the lack of civilization, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the backwards countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants. Read More

Watch Close to Eden online. Featuring Vladimir Gostyukhin and Larisa Kuznetsova, Close to Eden is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.3. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in France and was released on 1991. Close to Eden was directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Read Less