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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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In the Forests of Siberia
2016 1h 45m FR
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6.8
SOLID
★6.8TMDB · 119
AdventureDrama
Synopsis
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Fed up with the hectic, senseless world he lives in, Teddy decides to settle down alone in Siberia, in the midst of winter, in a hut by the shore of Lake Baikal. After an initial period of elation in front of the splendor and magic of unspoiled nature, Teddy soon finds himself confronted with the less glossy side of things : solitude, extreme cold, the necessity to find food, danger... One night Teddy gets lost in a blizzard and would be doomed to a certain death, were it not for Aleksei, a Russian convict living hidden away in the forest nearby, who rescues him in extremis. Friendship soon blossoms between the two men...
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Raphaël Personnaz
Teddy
Evgeniy Sidikhin
Aleksei
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Safy Nebbou
- Writers
- David Oelhoffen, Safy Nebbou
- Languages
- English, French, Russian
- Countries
- France
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Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 10 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, Russian.
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WORLD
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Ibrahim Maalouf. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Raphaël Personnaz and Evgeniy Sidikhin carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt4643432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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The take
Safy Nebbou directs. Ibrahim Maalouf scores. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France. Dialogue in English, French, Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 10 years ago.
- 4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, Russian.
- 5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 6Original score by Ibrahim Maalouf. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Raphaël Personnaz and Evgeniy Sidikhin carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt4643432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Original score
- Ibrahim Maalouf
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Box office
- $1,492,523
- Return
- 43% of budget
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- U
Awards
- Lumière Award for Best Music
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Safy Nebbou
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Nord-Ouest Films
FR
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- nature
- solitude
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2016-06-15U
- Physical2016-10-19U
Also known as
International titles
- In the Forests of SiberiaGR
- 西伯利亚之森CN
- 贝加尔湖隐居札记CN
