River
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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.
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Cast
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Vasily Borisov
Kyrgeley
Also in
Mama’s Girl
Red Silk
Anna Flegontova
Anchik
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My Name Is Love
Spirit of Itchi
Tuyara Svinoboeva
Mergen
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Mikhail Skryabin
Dzhanga
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The Stoker
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Mariya Kychkina
Byterkhay
Also in
Karina
Mariya Kanaeva
Kutuyakhsyt
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Spartak Fedotov
Salban
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Shaman
That Summer
Gennady Turantaev
yakut
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Aleksei Balabanov Director · Sergey Astakhov Cinematographer Marina Lipartiya Editor
First release January 16, 2002 · Produced in Russia · Original title Река
Production
CTB Film Company
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Река
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 16, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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