Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
03/09/2010
Documentary
1h 34m
- 73% (127 votes)
- Add Bookmark
- Play Trailer
The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness
Overview
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.
- Werner HerzogDirector, Writer
- Dmitry VasyukovDirector, Writer
- Rudolph HerzogWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Revenue
$338,987
Keywords
- remoteness
- wilderness
- snow
- dog sled
- siberia
Top Billed Cast
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Gennady Soloviev
Self - Trapper #1
Anatoly Blumei
Self - Trapper #2
Gennady Tiganov
Self - Native Boat Builder
Mikhail Tarkovsky
Self - Trapper #3
Recommendations
Encounters at the End of the World (74%)
Restrepo (73%)
Babies (69%)
HyperNormalisation (75%)
Almost Holy (69%)
Not Suitable For Children (53%)
One Day in September (73%)
Lemonade War (50%)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (71%)
