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A globe-spanning, feel-good documentary that examines the contrasts and harmony between pairs of natural wonders. Each pair is connected by being diametrical opposites on the Earth's surface. More

"In Entre Rios, Argentina, two brothers drowsily contemplate life's mysteries beside a remote river, where they can only imagine the river of humanity that floods the streets of Shanghai. A woman and her daughter in rural Russia find their opposite number in a Patagonian shepherd with a herd of cats. The lava beds of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano echo the folds of a Botswana elephant's skin, and the bulk of a beached whale in New Zealand recalls a rock formation in Spain – or vice versa."(San Francisco International Film Festival 2012) Hide

Directed by Victor Kossakovsky ('Hush!')

Documentary, World Cinema | 1hr 44mins | Country of Origin: Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Chile | Language: Spanish, Russian, English and Setswana with English subtitles | Official Site

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    • Korakys

      NZs antipode is Spain. Reminds me of Koyannisqutsi a little.

    • Richard

      Very boring, is like watching someones holiday photos when they have just go a new camera. Some very nice camera shots though.

    • So boring!

      Don't waste your money - This will send you to sleep

    • Janet

      If I could have walked out I would have.

    • Martin B

      Weird and wonderful, something completely different and utterly compelling

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Rebecca Barry Hill Flicks Writer

What would you see if you dug your way to the other side of the world? That’s the central question posed in Victor Kossakovsky’s inventive film. Part nature documentary, part anthropological experiment, part sensual experience, it spends a day in four antipodes on Earth (including New Zealand’s Castle Point). Meditative, grand and whimsical, it has to be one of the most beautiful films ever made.

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Interesting premise - good cinematography but very long and very boring.

adeej Flicks Superstar (?)

I went to this film at the New Zealand Film Festival. I really liked the premise of matching up places in the world that are diametrically opposite. Unfortunately, while the premise was interesting, the resulting film was not. It was long, very slow and very boring. I ended up falling asleep. One of the 'antipodes' shown is Castle Point in New Zealand, but the portrayal of New Zealand with a beached whale being hacked up by a chainsaw was not a good advertisement for the beautiful country that we live in. Sure the cinematography was good, but that was all that was good, in my opinion.

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