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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) 7.6
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Reviews: 7 user | 45 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com A documentary on the indigenous people living in Bakhtia, the heart of the Siberian Taiga; some 300 villagers whose daily routines have barely changed over the last century and live according to their own values and cultural traditions. |
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In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions. The expressive pictures are accompanied by original sound bites quoting the villagers. Written by Eike Wolf / Head of Corporate Communications, Studio Babelsberg
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Country:
GermanyRelease Date:
15 November 2012 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Gent feliç. Un any a la taigà See more »Filming Locations:
Siberia, RussiaBox Office
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$10,481 (USA) (25 January 2013)Gross:
$336,648 (USA) (3 May 2013)Company Credits
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Saw this one a couple of years ago and was really stunned with the quality of this documentary.
Movie crew lived through a year in Bakhta, small simple village of huntsmen and fishermen in Siberia, and they have done an amazing job of showing how simple life, hard (you bet) labour and everlasting circle of life make people... pure. Happy.
There's not a hint of falseness, no pathos, no complaints. And that's probably what got to me the most: perfect documentary, no opinion imposed, just showing this life 'as is' - and the clarity of it strikes you, urban people, deep to the core.
Must see, really.