Released:
1991-09-25

Overview:
A farmer and his wife live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia with their 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 who has ended up in a lake. The farmer takes the man back to his farm, and after initially being appalled, the Russian becomes enchanted with the peaceful life of the countryside and decides to stay. But his presence presages big changes for the peasants.

Director:
Nikita Mikhalkov

Runtime:
1h 59min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Badema
  as
  Pagma
• 
  Bayaertu
  as
  Gombo
• 
  Vladimir Gostyukhin
  as
  Sergei
• 
  Wang Jianguo
  as
  Bayartu, a local eccentric / Genghis Khan
• 
  Bao Yungyan
  as
  Burma, daughter of Pagma and Gombo