Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
“The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness”
2010 · 1 h 30 min
Directed by 
Werner Herzog
Werner HerzogCast
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Plot
A year in the life of hunters in the Siberian village of Bakhtia, along the Yenisei river.
Sinekatalog’s take
Werner Herzog and Dmitry Vasyukov's documentary is serene and beautiful, a portrait of self-reliant lives in the taiga.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (9,653 votes)
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