This narrative documentary was realized in the summers of
1975 and 1976 in Ladakh, a district of Kashmir bordering to
Tibet and Pakistan, opened to western tourism since 1974.
The beginning part set in the monastery of Lamayaru and
describes the theory and the practice of Tibetan Buddhism
through the eyes of a novice and the experience of a hermit.
It moves then to the small town of Leh, Ladakh's capital, to
tell the story of the town where three ethnic communities live
together with their different religions: Buddhism, Islam and
Hinduism. Each community is represented by another character
who introduces a different situation and different encounters.
In the final part the five characters become the spectators
of a theatre piece about Buddha's life, performed by the
children of the local school of Buddhist philosophy in the
Indo Valley, between the majestic mountains of Karakorum
and Ladakh.
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Giovan Battista Salerno
Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Mario Gianni
Montaggio / Editing Enzo Meniconi
Produzione / Production PAMAFilm
Anno di produzione / Year of production 1977
Durata / Running time 100’
Formato / Format 16mm
Gaia Ceriana
Born 1949 in Siena, between 1985
and 1993 she is president of the Italy
India Association. She made documentaries:
Le Crisalidi (1981), Videodiario
di viaggio con lettera (1983),
Ora che non siamo pił bambini
(1991/96), Gaia in India (2004).
Ladakh Centro dei Passi, shown by
Italian TV RAI, won 1977 the price as
best documentary at the Festival of
San Sebastian (Spain) and the Grand
Prix Mifed Perla Tv Guglielmo Marconi
of Milan. Marina Colonna
Born 1949 in Rome, she debuts
1973, as a collaborator of Alfredo
Bini. In 1973 she is assistant of Giancarlo
Menotti. She made various
documentaries and reportages for
cinema e TV also in collaboration
with Pierpaolo Venier, Gianni Barcelloni,
Folco Quilici and Alberto
Moravia. |
