Dersu Uzala
1975 · 141 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Written by Akira Kurosawa, Yuri Nagibin. Starring Yuriy Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Mikhail Bychkov, B. Khorulev.
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
Critics 73% · audiences 94% · streaming on Criterion Channel · 1 Oscar nomination, 1 won