Urga: Territoriya lyubvi (1991)
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Rural Drama |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1991 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 119 min. |
Countries - France, Russia |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis
Veteran Russian writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov's film about the impact of modern civilization on an idyllic part of Mongolia won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Film. A farmer (Bayyartu) and his wife, who live in a rural part of Inner Mongolia, have three children. Chinese population control policies prevent them from having any more. The farmer sets out for the nearest town to obtain birth control.
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China, civilization, condom, cross-cultural-relations, culture [social culture], family, farming, friendship, law, population-control, Russian [nationality], technology, truckdriver
