¡Vivan las Antipodas!

Nov 5, 2011

1h 44m

★ 7.3

Long Live The Antipodes!

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Lemming Film

ARTE

Gema Films

¡Vivan las Antipodas! Trailers

Cast

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