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Film Info

Germany 2011 | 108 min. Director: Victor Kossakovsky
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Project / Host

European Film Awards

¡Vivan las Antipodas!

Synopsis

What would be the shortest route between Entre Ríos 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 Ríos 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. ¡VIVAN LAS ANTÍPODAS! - Long live the Antipodes!

Cast & Crew

Director's comment

This is why I love to make documentaries: Life is so unpredictable! It can give you much more than you can ever write in your best fiction script. Originally I only started making this film with the simple idea of meeting antipodes - people who live in directly opposite places on earth. But It came out as an
opening film of Venice Film Festival!
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