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

Music: Alexander Popov

Producers: Heino Deckert

Format: HDCam Έγχρωμο

Production Country: Γερμανία-Ολλανδία Αργεντινή-Χιλή

Production Year: 2011

Duration: 104

Special Mention – 15th DocsBarcelona Festival, Spain 
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!