Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · LeviOsa

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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · LeviOsa

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2010·NR

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

Documentary1h 34m

🍅88%

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88%

Tomatometer

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77%

Popcornmeter

7.3

TMDB

Storyline

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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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Official Trailer

Details

DirectorsWerner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov

ReleasedSep 3, 2010

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

$339K

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Studio Babelsberg

Cast

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Gennady Soloviev

Self - Trapper #1

Anatoly Blumei

Self - Trapper #2

Gennady Tiganov

Self - Native Boat Builder

Mikhail Tarkovsky

Self - Trapper #3

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Curiosity Stream

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Filled with breathtaking images of the foreboding Siberian countryside, Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a fascinating look at an isolated society.”

88% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Tom Long

RTDetroit NewsMar 15, 2013

"Happy People" seems to strain toward the notion that harsh nature makes for a pure heart. And perhaps it does for some. But all?

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Joe Williams

RTSt. Louis Post-DispatchMar 7, 2013

Titling a documentary about snowbound Siberian fur trappers "Happy People" is not as ironic as it seems.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

RTAustin ChronicleFeb 28, 2013

It's not that Happy People is uninteresting... It's just that the one sensibility of which we were previously aware -- that of Herzog's -- is indiscernible, as if frozen beneath all this movie's ice.

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David Harris

RTSpectrum CultureNov 19, 2019

Although Happy People feels cobbled together, Herzog and Vasyukov do provide us with some pretty astounding images.

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Information

Title

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Released

Sep 3, 2010

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

Germany

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Status

Released

Studio

Studio Babelsberg

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