Name: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-09-03
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Cast: Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Tiganov, Mikhail Tarkovsky

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The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.

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Directed by: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov
Written by: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog
Produced by: Christoph Fisser, Carl Woebcken, Nick N. Raslan
Music by: Klaus Badelt

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September 3, 2010 · 1 h 34 min · NR

Released: September 3, 2010
Runtime: 1 h 34 min
Age rating: NR
Genres: Documentary
Original language: English
Also spoken: Russian
Made in: Germany
Box office: $338,987
Available in: 89 countries
Keywords: based on true story

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Where can I stream Happy People: A Year in the Taiga?

In the United States, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga streams on Prime, fuboTV, Brew, Curiosity Stream, and OVID, and it is free with ads on JustWatch TV Free, The Roku, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, Plex, Filmzie, Fawesome, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, and YOW.tv. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, and MovieMe. It also streams in 88 other countries.

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78 (IMDb 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 74).

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