Overview
The end of the 19th century. A tiny colony of lepers in the isolated Yakut taiga. A healthy girl, brought there by chance, falls in love with one of the young male lepers. Soon she is bearing his child. His wife suddenly arrives from the outside world and tragedy ensues within this strange love triangle.
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sergey Astakhov
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Aleksei BalabanovScreenplay
- Original title
- Река
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 16, 2002
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Russia
Production
Cast
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