Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010 NR 1h 34m 7.7

A documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.

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. The expressive pictures are accompanied by original sound bites quoting the villagers.

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Studio(s): Studio Babelsberg

Originally Released: United States on Sep 03, 2010

Box Office Gross: $338,987.00

Genres: Documentary