
The Botanist
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.
- Year: 2016
- Country: Tajikistan
- Genre: Documentary
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- Keyword: tajikistan, hydroelectric power
- Director: Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, Maude Plante-Husaruk
- Cast: Raïmberdi Mamatumarov