Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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by Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog · 2010
A documentary film depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhta, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century. Directed by Dmitry Vasyukov and co-directed/narrated by Werner Herzog, it follows the seasonal routines of the locals as they survive in the harsh wilderness.
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