Bodrov is the real-life father of the actor in Brother, right? I am seriously bummed to hear about his death... "Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
Apparently, it was a truly trans-Eurasian project, with actors also from Mongolia, China and Japan; it had German co-producers and lots of crew, the score was by a Finn, one cameraman was Dutch... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.