River (2002) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2002 · 50 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Aleksey Balabanov

Starring

Gennady Turantaev, Mariya Kychkina, Tuyara Svinoboeva, Mikhail Skryabin, Vasily Borisov, Anna Flegontova

Set at the close of the 19th century, the film follows a secluded leper colony deep in the Yakut taiga. A healthy young woman, arriving by chance, falls in love with a young male leper and becomes pregnant. When his wife unexpectedly returns from the outside world, their uneasy triangle erupts into tragedy.