The action unfolds in a country about which we know nothing, a land of snow and forests, somewhere in the North. A family lives in an isolated house near a lake. Alexi, a young, pure-hearted man, is a woodcutter. Occasionally suffering from epileptic seizures and overcome by an ecstatic state, he is one with the nature around him. Alexi is very close to his younger sister, Hege. Their blind mother, father, and younger brother, silently observe this uncontrollable love. One day a stranger arrives, a young man slightly older than Alexi.
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Cast
6 people
Dmitriy Kubasov
Alexi
Known for
Cargo 200
Natálie Řehořová
Hege
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Volga
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Aleksey Solonchev
Jurgen
Also in
The Saboteur
Scythe Hitting Stone
Simona Huelsemann
Liv
Also in
A New Life
Arthur Semay
Johannes
Also in
Het contract
Daens
Vitaly Kishchenko
Christian
Known for
Method
White Tiger
Philippe Grandrieux Director · Françoise Tourmen Editor
United States release November 2, 2009 · Produced in France · Production ARTE France Cinéma, BlueLight
Production
Mandrake Films
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
BlueLight
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
France
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Original title
Un Lac
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 1, 2008
Limited theatrical
United States · November 2, 2009
Theatrical
France
March 18, 2009 · Theatrical
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