Where the White Cranes Dance

Where the White Cranes Dance

7.7IMDb Score
Released:2024-04-25
Duration:95 min
Country:Russia
Director:Mikhail Lukachevsky
Actors:Nyurguyana Shadrina, Ньургун Бэчигэн, Zoya Popova, Alexey Egorov
Production:Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Saysary Cinema, Sakhafilm

Overview:

Yakutia in the 1960s. A boy named Vanya returns home after spending six years in hospitals following a spinal injury. However, the happiness of his reunited family is short-lived: his mother dies in childbirth. To comfort the children, their father tells them about a distant, magical land where Siberian cranes dance, explaining that their mother has transformed into one of those beautiful and sacred birds. From that moment, Vanya dreams of witnessing the rare dance of Siberian cranes and meeting his mother, reborn as a bird.

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