After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.
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Maude Plante-Husaruk Director · Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis Director
Budget $10K · United States release June 25, 2016 · Produced in Tajikistan
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$10,000
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Tajikistan
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Original title
Ботаник
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
United States · June 25, 2016
Theatrical · AFI DOCS
Canada
November 15, 2016 · Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Italy
May 2, 2017 · Trento Film Festival
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