Rassvet / Zakat. Dalai Lama 14 (2008)

Vitalii Manskii’s Sunrise/ Sunset follows a day the prominent Russian documentarian spent with the Dalai Lama, and the process of reflection about this day on the long trip back to Russia, across India and China. This is not a complex film and its style, entirely shot on location, is in no sense revolutionary. It is nevertheless a subtly personal and thoughtful film which conveys a powerful sense both of the Buddhist spiritual leader’s ideas and personality, and Manskii’s own process of reflection about them.