Close to Eden

• Wurinile: Bouin
• Larissa Kuznetsova Marina
• Babushka: grandmother
• Bao Yongyan: Boruma
• Vladimir Gostjuchin: Sergei
• Badema: Pagma
• Bayertu: Gombo

Urga (Russian Урга ) is a film by Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov from the year 1991.

Action

The Mongolian shepherd Gombo lives with his wife Pagma, their three children and his mother in a yurt in the desert, far away from the nearest settlement. Add this - strange for him - the world gets, the Russian driver, Sergei, as it is lying with his truck and is warmly welcomed by Gombos family.

After initial lack of understanding of the Mongolian culture, including the slaughter of a sheep, the taste of " Airag " ( Kumys, fermented mare's milk), Gombo and Sergei develop a friendship that has deepened in the course of a " shopping trip " to the next city.

There Gombo tried to buy condoms in a pharmacy because the Chinese authorities prescribe birth control. Sergei, however, would like to neatly cut down on the plaster again. This leads to his arrest, from which it Gombo with the help of a friend rather quickly "liberate" can. Relieved they return. Gombo could not resist the tempting offers of consumer goods and brings a bike and a TV, two in the steppe completely meaningless equipment.

Importance

It is about the friendship of two men from different cultures and about the contrast between the archaic nomadic culture and the industrial society. Here are announcing symptoms that the destruction of untouched nature probably can not be stopped.

Awards

For the film, Nikita Mikhalkov was awarded a Golden Lion at the International Film Festival of Venice. Urga was for an Academy Award for " Best Foreign Language Film " nomination in 1993.

Trivia

The Urga is a long rod with a loop at the end. To catch the Mongols in the steppe one the animals. Who is in the ground, do not want to be disturbed while making love.