The Botanist
2016•20m•Released
Documentary
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.
Director
Maude Plante-Husaruk
Languages
Russian
Cast
Raïmberdi Mamatumarov
Self
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