Close to Eden
1991 · 119 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 3,956 VOTES · DIR. Nikita Mikhalkov
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 726 lines
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00:06:15 Can't you count?
00:10:26 See how beautiful he is.
00:18:52 Mom, what are we going to do?
00:21:58 I've got a brother in America! Don't you know?
00:24:17 That's it! Come here!
00:26:10 We'll sort it out tomorrow... Get on, let's go.
00:30:15 Catch it! It got away from me!
00:35:59 Please eat! Well, eat!
00:38:35 Careful.
00:40:12 Tourline-akha!
00:42:28 He makes up stories.
00:48:04 You're obstinate, like a child.
00:50:10 Here's Bayartou.
00:56:34 Hello.
01:01:12 Do you love me?
01:06:26 Don't be upset. Just wait a little longer.
01:09:03 You saw his dough?
01:10:25 What, what?
01:13:25 The wind has driven the mist away.
01:17:10 - I can't! -Why? - You see, I'm playing!
01:19:33 You're still waiting for a new Genghis Khan?
01:33:38 Just let me show you, who I am!
01:36:20 belongs to the state!
01:50:31 Here, where my father planted his Urga on the steppe one day
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed726
Dialogue density6.1 lines / min
First line00:06:15
Final line01:50:31
Production Record
DirectorNikita Mikhalkov
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes3,956