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.
00:18:54 We'll help Dad to soften the straps.
00:22:00 - Look at this, he sent me his pic. - What a windbag...
00:24:29 Hello! Hey, my friend, over there - there's a corpse...
00:26:16 Great, fella! Wait - I'll just look for my hat, oke?
00:30:31 Where's the urga?
00:36:31 Thank you.
00:38:48 Samota!
00:40:20 - Her? - ... the accordion.
00:42:40 Not, not that one!
00:48:22 You have to wait, the doctor said. I told you so many times.
00:50:29 Oh, I have too much to do!
00:57:19 Me? No! Not at all!
01:01:45 Thank you.
01:07:42 Good evening.
01:09:18 Gombo!
01:11:54 Just a minute! One minute! Guys, a waltz? Waltz!
01:13:56 inspire you with dreams.
01:17:54 Leave your bicycle, I have horses!
01:20:01 No, I must go and ask the Lama.
01:34:12 What's that?
01:40:38 Bring me the manual, it's in the box!
01:51:14 Just to relax.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed726
Dialogue density6.1 lines / min
First line00:06:15
Final line01:51:14
Production Record
DirectorNikita Mikhalkov
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes3,956