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Benjamin 2023-09-30 12:41:36
The life of Siberian hunters in the eyes of Germany looks very real, and I am moved by these hard-working and happy people! For the kind of pure moving that can be seen from a distance and dare not be experienced!...
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Darrion 2023-09-25 23:12:16
The only thing that can make movies and reality inseparable, I think there is only one...
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Hollis 2023-09-10 20:01:01
In the endless snow, endless woods and endless cold, hunters work step by step, alone, with dogs, you can't see any emotions, but they say this is the life they...
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Roselyn 2023-08-07 22:51:31
It recorded the seasons of the hunters throughout the year. When the ice and snow melted, the large pieces of ice moved so beautifully. The villagers were completely isolated from the outside world. I find it quite...
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Mason 2023-07-28 05:19:32
At the end of the film, the homesick hunter drives a snowmobile back to the village to reunite with his family for the New Year, which is surprising, because you can hardly find traces of modern industrial society in this place on the edge of civilization throughout the film, except for those who visit after the ice melts in summer. The cruise ship, politicians and local residents looked at each other with curiosity and even contempt, and Herzog, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but...
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Zita 2023-07-21 15:13:22
He perfectly represented the life I aspired to. Nature, Loyalty and...
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Chauncey 2023-06-06 21:35:37
The four seasons of the Yenisei River, the life of hunters, the constant birth and death of dogs, a log cabin in the taiga, a kerosene lamp on a winter night. The hunters are taciturn, but deep in the wisdom and philosophy of the forest. Summer is an amazing...
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Mabelle 2023-05-19 11:43:24
favorite subject. I read a lot of American and Russian ones, and I feel that they are different and the same. America is more free and complains less. PS so many...
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Magnus 2023-05-12 16:31:55
The hunter is at least...
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Clyde 2023-05-10 18:47:27
It can be seen as a dialogue between Herzog and Nanook of the North. With a fully equal and calm attitude, Herzog provided the hunters with the opportunity to tell their own philosophy of existence, which the Nanook family never got. Herzog stood closer and saw...
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga Comments
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga quotes
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[first lines]
Himself - Narrator: This is the village of Bakhtia In Siberia. Although it looks like winter to us, it's already spring here. The village is located In the heart of Siberia, and we should keep in mind that this colossal landmass is one and a half times the size of the United States. The endless wilderness that surrounds this place is known as the taiga. No roads or train lines traverse it. There are only two ways to reach this outpost - one is by helicopter, the other by boat. The expanse in the foreground is not solid ground but the frozen-over Yenisey River, one of the largest waterways in Siberia. It's only during the few Ice-free months of summer that boats can also reach Bakhtia.
Himself - Narrator: Of the 300 or so inhabitants of this village, a handful of them make their livelihood as professional trappers. One of these men is Gennady Solovyev. Here he makes his way into the wilderness across an enormous frozen river. He wants to show us an essential tool of his profession.
Gennady Soloviev: [demonstrating] An animal would approach and begin twisting the bait. The pressure is very light, I'll keep my hand in it. Let me show you. See how light it is.
[the top collapses]
Gennady Soloviev: There you go. The animal is trapped. This is how I disarm the trap.
[lifting the top back up]
Gennady Soloviev: I take away the bait. I remove the wooden linchpin so squirrels or mice don't steal them. I put everything under the roof, and that's it.
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Gennady Soloviev: [cutting wood for his skis] Of course, a good craftsman will make good skis using good wood. Getting around in these is sheer pleasure. You might have factory-made ones. If you and go into the Woods, you'll drop dead from fatigue after 15 kilometers. You won't be able to move a leg.
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Director: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov
Language: English,Russian Release date: November 15, 2012