The successful screening series of the Estonian Institute presenting the numerous links between Arvo Pärt’s music and cinema is to be continued in 2017. Pärt’s music inspired numerous film directors from Jean-Luc Godard through Tom Tykwer. 

THE LOST PARADISE
Estonian-German documentary, 2015, 156 min.
directed by Günter Atteln

The Lost Paradise is the first international documentary about Arvo Pärt. It is quite an astonishment that such a shy artist has given his consent to be accompanied by a camera for an entire year: In his native Estonia, travelling to Germany, Italy, and Japan, where Pärt received thePraemium Imperiale, the world’s most prestigious award in the field of music, in October 2014.

The film is framed by the identically named stage production "Adam’s Passion", featuring three key works by Arvo Pärt, which American director Robert Wilson brought to the stage in May 2015 in a former submarine factory, the "Noblessner Foundry" in Tallinn. In addition to documenting rehearsals, the film accompanies Arvo Pärt in Estonia, where he has now been living for five years with his wife Nora. It is here in the forests and at the sea in Tallinn that the composer finds the peace inherent in his works.

Works of Arvo Pärt used in the soundtrack: Adam’s Lament, Miserere, Tabula Rasa, Sequentia

The screening will be introduced by film- and music critic László Kolozsi. (in Hungarian)