«Обратная сторона Земли». Фильм первый «Прибежище».

Авторы сценария: Сергей Карандашов, Маргарита Кожевникова и ВладимирЧутко.

Режиссеры: Сергей Карандашов и ВладимирЧутко.

Betacam SP, цветной, моно, 52 мин.

Киностудия ПиЭФ, 2000

Министерство культуры Российской Федерации, 2000.

 

 

 

«Обратная сторона Земли» –общее название цикла, посвященного судьбам российских и западных людей, направившихся в разное время в Индию, Непал, Тибет и другие страны с традиционными религиозными культурами (прежде всего – буддийской) в поисках смысла жизни, духовных истин или неких трансцедентальных знаний, пытающихся обрести себя в непонятной и чуждой на первый взгляд среде.

 

 

 

Opposite side of the Earth

First film “Refuge”

Scenario – S. Karandashov, M.Kojevnikova, V.Tchoutko

Betacam SP, colourful, mono, 52 min.

Film studium “First and experimental films”, 2000

Ministry of culture of Russian Federation

 

“Opposite side of the Earth” is a common title of documentary serial, devoted to the stories of those Russians and Westerners who in search of spiritual truths, meaning of life or mystical knowledge leave the world of modern civilisation preferring ancient traditional cultures (mostly Buddhist). What makes them to give up the "normal" life and go to India, Nepal, Tibet and other remote areas to live among unfamiliar world? Do they find what they look for? Do they find themselves in these searches?

 

The Documentary focuses on the questions of spiritual search, on the difficulties of the chosen route. The heroes of the film are different:

 

·      a Moscow student who became a Tibetan monk and for three years lived in the monastery in Bir (Northern India);

·      an artist from St.Petersbourg, the old Hippie who became one of the best professional Tibetan painting’ artists, the Professor at the Buddhist University, teaching Tibetans their Tibetan Buddhist tanka painting;

·      highly qualified Tibetan translator Yaroslav Komarovsky, attained Buddhist education after 10 years in India;

·      Andrey Terentyev, doctor of philosophy, chief-editor of Buddhist publishing house “Narthang”, remarkable activist of Russian Buddhism;

·      Margarita Kojevnikova, translator, tibetologist, managing-editor of Journal “Buddhism of Russia”, manager of public organisations: interfaith movement “Common Care”, “Friends of Tibet” society. 

Watching after their heroes and talking with them, authors try to understand, what is the main impulse for spiritual path, how man can change himself, his conciseness, how to avoid self-deceive from one side or disappointment and impotency on that path.

Nor heroes neither authors give simple answers to these “eternal” questions. But we are sure, that only by repeated raising these questions, man excuses his existence on this side of the Earth.

 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama together with other Tibetan Teachers participate in this film. American actor Richard Guir, scholars from Russia, India, USA, and Europe will participate in next films of this Serial.