Breathing Earth

Susumu Shingu's Dream

a film by Thomas Riedelsheimer

Breathing Earth

2012 | 93:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Arts Sustainability Nature / Animals Ecology

Content Categories

Documentary

93min or 52min | S16/HD onto 35mm original Japanese/English/Italian/German version with English or German subtitles available

Synopsis

World famous Japanese artist Susumu Shingu sculpts the winds and follows them in search of a resting place, a windpowered home, for his long, lifetime dream of Breathing Earth. He talks with nature through his sculptures. His lifelong dialogue with the wind and with water has given the world uniquely beautiful works of fluid, unpredictable and everchanging movement. Susumu renders visible the veiled and the unseen and opens to us new perspectives. Thomas Riedelsheimer accompanies this quiet and unassuming man in pursuit of a dream, a quest to create an awareness of our planet, our breathing earth and our human values. Breathing Earth is a film about the wind, the philosophy of a wise person, about art and love and dreams.
„A wonderful film with beautiful images and a very important message for all of us.“ (FBW)

Festivals/Awards

2012
Seal of Approval ‘highly recommended'
DOK Leipzig

2021
20 NaturVision FF

Cast and Crew

Director Thomas Riedelsheimer

Original Languages

Japanese

English

Italian

German

Co-Production Company

Filmpunkt GmbH
Germany
www.filmpunkt.com

Links / Reference

WORLD SALES
CELLULOID DREAMS
www.celluloid-dreams.com/

DVD
www.goodmovies.de
www.goodmovies.de/breathing-ea...

vimeo.com/94358284
vimeo.com/92371344
www.breathing-earth.de/film.ph...
www.thomas-riedelsheimer.de/Br...