Vivan las antipodas!

What would be the shortest route between Entre Rios in Argentina and the Chinese metropolis Shanghai? Simply a straight line through the center of the earth, since the two places are antipodes: they are located diametrically opposite to each other on the earth’s surface. During his visits to four such antipodal pairs, the award-winning documentary filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky captured images that turn our view of the world upside down. A beautiful, peaceful sunset in Entre Rios is contrasted with the bustling streets in rainy Shanghai. People who live in a wasteland are connected to people dwelling next to a volcano. Landscapes whose splendor touches the soul are juxtaposed with the clamor of a vast city. These antipodes seem mythically connected, somehow united by their oppositeness. Kossakovsky’s movie is a feast for the senses, a fascinating kaleidoscope of our planet.
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Script: Victor Kossakovsky
Cinematography: Victor Kossakovsky
Editing: Victor Kossakovsky
Sound: Guido Beremblum
Music: Alexander Popov
Production: ma.ja.de. filmproduktion, GermanyT. +49 341 983 9696 F. +49 341 215 6639 leipzig@majade.dewww.majade.de
Producers: Heino Deckert
Co-production: Lemming Film (The Netherlands), Gema Films (Argentina), Producciones Aplaplac (Chile), NHK (Japan), ZDF/Arte, WDR (Germany), VPRO (The Netherlands)
Format: HDCAM Color
Production Country: Germany-The Netherlands-Argentina-Chile
Production Year: 2011
Duration: 104
Contact: Deckert Distribution, Germany Heino Deckert T. +49 341 215 6638 F. +49 341 215 6639 info@deckert-distribution.com www.deckert-distribution.com
Special Mention - 15th DocsBarcelona Festival
Best Full Length Documentary Award - Message to Man IFF 2011, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Victor Kossakovsky

Filmography

1998 Sreda 19.VII.1961/Wednesday 19.7.1961
1999 Pavel i Lyalya/Pavel and Lyalya
2000 I Loved You
2003 Tishe!/Hush!
2003 Svyato
2011 ?Vivan las antipodas!