The Botanist

  • Movie
  • 2016
  • 20m
  • 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
Starring
Raïmberdi Mamatumarov