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The Heart of the Bear (2001)
Directed by Arvo Iho
Overview
A young Estonian goes to the Siberian Taiga to live as a hunter in a remote forest hut. He hopes to find his true self far from civilisation. The natives he meets introduce him to the myths of the north. The first is a young village teacher who wants to be a good wife to him. The second is a wild and untameable native who becomes his mythical bear-woman. When he accidentally kills a great black bear, his own shadow-creature, he burdens himself with guilt. However, he is given a chance of finding his inner balance. A romantic drama with mythical elements and breathtaking landscapes.
Length 124 minutes
Actors
Rain Simmul | Dinara Drukarova | Ilyana Pavlova | Nail Shaikhutdinov | Lembit Ulfsak | Galina Bokashevskaya | Arvo Kukumägi | Külli Teetamm | Tatyana Legantyeva | Merle Palmiste | Olja Penner | Farhatdin Mahhamatdinov | Mihhail Matvejev | Zosima Jotkin | Lidia Jelizarova | Ivan Denisov | Galina Dušlevaja | Indrek Hein | Ivan Kolodešnikov | Katja Krupina | Toivo Köster | Maria Merova | Hendrik Saks | Marek Sarnet | Viktor Šustov | Vassili Ventskel