Close to Eden (Урга - территория любви) 33 years old

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.

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Close to Eden Cast

Name	Character
Badema She was 26, now 59 years old	as Pagma
Vladimir Gostyukhin He was 44, now 78 years old	as Sergei
Larisa Kuznetsova She was 0, now 34 years old	as Marina

Close to Eden Crew

Name	Department
Joëlle Hache as Editor. She was 41 (now 74) years old	Editing
Rustam Ibragimbekov as Screenplay. He was 51 (now 85) years old	Writing
Nikita Mikhalkov as Director. He was 45 (now 79) years old	Directing
Eduard Artemiev as Original Music Composer. He was 53 (now 87) years old	Sound