Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+19)
Critics 100Audiences 81GoodWatch 89
Running time
1 h 59 min
A typical length for dramas, +10 min on the typical 109
typical 109119Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1991
September 25, 1991
35 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
ChineseMongolianMade in
France
Russia
Academy Awards1993
- International Feature Film1993Nominated
- Foreign Language Film1993Nominated
Golden Globe Awards1992 to 1993
- Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language1993Nominated
- Best Non-English Language Film1992Nominated
César Awards1992
- Best Foreign Film1992Nominated
12 people
BademaPagma- BBayaertuGombo
Vladimir GostyukhinSergey- BBaoyinhexigeBayartu
- BYBao YungyanBurma
- WWurinileBowin
- BBabouchkaBabouchka
Biao WangWang Biao, Chinese pianist
Nikolay VashchilinNikolay, Sergey's friend
Larisa KuznetsovaMarina, Sergei's wife- JBJon BochinskiStanislas
Nikita Mikhalkovcyclist on the street of chinese city (uncredited)
Directing · 6
- Nikita Mikhalkov Director, Writer, Idea
- Andrey Razenkov Assistant Director
- Anatoly Ermilov First Assistant Director
- Stepan Mikhalkov Assistant Director
- Vladimir Krasinsky Assistant Director
- Ulrike Koch Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Rustam Ibragimbekov Screenplay, Writer, Dialogue
Production · 9
- Michel Seydoux Producer
- Catherine Jacques Production Director
- Leonid Vereshchagin Production Director
- Patrick Millet Production Director
- Wang Wei Production Director
- She Senlin Production Director
Camera · 7
- Vilen Kalyuta Director of Photography
- Jean-Jack Brehier Steadicam Operator
- Michaël Crotto Still Photographer
- Bernard Barbereau Still Photographer
- Roman Ovcharenko Second Assistant Camera
- Valery Anisimov Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 6
- Joëlle Hache Editor
- Frédérique Recoque Assistant Editor
- Clara Ott Assistant Editor
- Katya Chelli Assistant Editor
- Maryline Monthieux Assistant Editor
- Maguelone Pouget Assistant Editor
Sound · 12
- Eduard Artemyev Original Music Composer
- Jérôme Lévy Foley
- Dominique Hennequin Sound Mixer
- Jean Umansky Sound Engineer
- Jean Goudier Sound Editor
- André Rigaud Sound Engineer
Art · 1
- Oleksii Levchenko Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Irina Ginno Costume Design
- Galina Bolotnikova Costumer
- Larisa Avdyushko Makeup & Hair
Lighting · 1
- Alexander Karlin Gaffer
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