Film

River

2002 · 50m · Drama

IMDb

6.6

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.

Vasily Borisov

Kyrgeley

Anna Flegontova

Anchik

Tuyara Svinoboeva

Mergen

Mikhail Skryabin

Dzhanga

Mariya Kychkina

Byterkhay

Mariya Kanaeva

Kutuyakhsyt

Spartak Fedotov

Salban

Gennady Turantaev

yakut

• Aleksei BalabanovScreenplay · Director
• Sergei SelyanovProducer
• Sergey AstakhovDirector of Photography
• Marina LipartiyaEditor

Release date

January 16, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

50m

Rated

12+

Genres

Drama