Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga violent?

Barely. Less violent than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Happy People: A Year in the Taiga end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Name: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Tiganov, Mikhail Tarkovsky

The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness

Directed by Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov

Produced by Studio Babelsberg

201094 min7.3 / 10

A meditative, visually stunning documentary portrait of indigenous Siberian life, celebrating resilience and cultural continuity in one of Earth's harshest environments.

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.

Clusters

Faith Tested By Hardship Inspiring Survival Stories Founders and Visionaries Cozy Fantasy Stories Isolation And Loneliness

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Remoteness Wilderness Based On True Story Snow Dog Sled Siberia

Questions people ask

Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Does Happy People: A Year in the Taiga end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
Is Happy People: A Year in the Taiga sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.