Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

1h 34m
Running Time

September 3, 2010
Release Date

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

1h 34m
Running Time

September 3, 2010
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice) / Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Gennady Soloviev

Gennady Soloviev

Self - Trapper #1

Anatoly Blumei

Anatoly Blumei

Self - Trapper #2

Gennady Tiganov

Gennady Tiganov

Self - Native Boat Builder

Mikhail Tarkovsky

Mikhail Tarkovsky

Self - Trapper #3

Christoph Fisser

Christoph Fisser

Producer

Klaus Badelt

Klaus Badelt

Executive Producer / Original Music Composer

Timur Bekmambetov

Timur Bekmambetov

Executive Producer

Robyn Klein

Robyn Klein

Associate Producer

Thomas Nickel

Thomas Nickel

Co-Producer

Nick N. Raslan

Nick N. Raslan

Producer

Charlie Woebcken

Charlie Woebcken

Producer

Alexey Matveev

Alexey Matveev

Director of Photography

Gleb Stepanov

Gleb Stepanov

Director of Photography

Maxim Perepelkin

Maxim Perepelkin

Editor

Dmitry Vasyukov

Dmitry Vasyukov

Editor / Director / Writer

Details.

Release Date
September 3, 2010

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 34m

Content Rating
NR

Box Office
$338,987

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This Movie Is About.

wilderness
remoteness
snow
dog sled
siberia

Wiki.

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a 2010 documentary film directed by Dmitry Vasyukov, with English narration written and voiced by Werner Herzog. The film depicts the life of the people in the isolated village of Bakhta (62.464463°N 89.002168°E / 62.464463; 89.002168) at the confluence of the Yenisei and the Bakhta River, in the eastern Siberian taiga. In particular, it focuses on the Russian trappers who hunt for fur animals, such as sable, and fish, depicting their cyclical, self-reliant life dealing with the subarctic climate and geographic isolation. It also briefly looks at the life of native Ket people in the village, and some notable people including an honored WWII veteran. The footage in the documentary was edited from a 2007 4-part television mini-series by Vasyukov.

The original film was conceived by two of the hunters and fishermen, Mikhail Tarkovsky (nephew of famous filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky who himself worked in the taiga area, inspiring him to become a filmmaker), who has lived and worked in the area since 1981, and Gennady Soloviev, the woodsman who has been there the longest and who taught Mikhail. Both men are featured extensively in the film, Mikhail also being one of the cinematographers. Tarkovsky has written and published numerous short stories about Bakhta and its people and the trappers and natives, which led to the idea for making the film series. Another film based on a novel by Tarkovsky, Frozen Time, has also been produced.

Since the popularity of the TV mini-series, the village of Bakhta has become a tourist spot, with visitors arriving by river boat in the short summer months. Tarkovsky created a museum there that features artifacts and exhibits on the life and work of the trappers, fishermen, boat-builders, craftsmen, and villagers. The museum features a workshop to teach young people practical application on how to live off the land, and to pass down its traditions.

Herzog's shortened English version of the film premiered in Germany in November 2010, had its United States premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival, and the U.S. West Coast premiere on 6 March 2011 at the San Francisco Green Film Festival. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

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