Russian documentary , leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Age, narrates correspondence between the two great leaders
leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi, if you don’t know, have never met personally. Directors Anna Evtushenko and Galina Evtushenko opens lost chapters, like this, of history, in the documnetaty leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: ADouble Portrait in the Interior of the Age . It travels through the time of Gandhiji’s stay in South Africa and his communication to leo Tolstoy through letters. The action in the film takes place all over the world-Yasnaya Polyana, london, Delhi, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Galina Evtushenko said, “The world doesn't know much about the relation between leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi, and how their ideology has influenced the world. Our attempt was to give a better understanding about the relation, that developed through letters, between them in the last year of Tolstoy's life, and how that led Mahatma to follow leo as his teacher”.
The correspondence between the great leaders, which is the plot of the documentary, covered philosophical, religious and political issues. The documentary is devoted to the crucial issues that humanity had faced in the 20th and 21st centuries. The two great thinkers fought with their philosophies in all wars, revolutions, against cruelty, racism and intolerance.“One year of correspondence between these two personalities influenced the whole world, and even today the teachings live in the hearts of the people. Mahatma Gandhi believed that he was a tree and the teachings of leo Tolstoy were the fruits for the world to consume. The life of the leaders proved that border in the spiritual sphere, doesn't separate but unite two great nations”, said Anna Evtushenko.
The documentary is screened today at the BRICS Film Festival at 2pm.