Arvo Pärt - even if I lose everything (2015) 

Arvo Pärt - even if I lose everything (2015)
Documentary
“Even if I lose everything…“
That’s what Arvo Pärt wrote in his workbook which is a kind of diary. For decades in the course of writing music he has filled the workbooks with contemplations expressing his moments of grief and joy, his discoveries, worries and experiences, things that bring to light the inner life of the artist.
In our film, Arvo Pärt studies his workbook notes with Immo Mihkelson which is a fascinating and interesting activity. There are incomprehensible notes but also very enlightening ones. The records evoke thoughts, memories, discoveries. We’ll see a person in search of his path and we’ll understand that the path is a narrow one.
The film contains also home videos showing Arvo Pärt as he is: a kind and hard-working, good-humoured and caring person, composer, husband, father, grandfather.
“Even if I lose everything” is one of his notes. What does he mean with that?
Is this “everything” something that has no value for him anymore?
Is he saying that there is something special, a treasure that one could give up “everything” for?
What kind of treasure is it?
That is what our film is telling about.
Dorian Supin, Director
Original title: „Arvo Pärt - isegi kui ma kõik kaotan“
Director and scriptwriter: Dorian Supin
Director of Photography: Dorian Supin
Sound: Mart Kesse-Otsa
Editor: Kadri Kanter
Producer: Reet Sokmann
Produced by (production company): Minor Film
In cooperation with Arvo Pärt Centre and Universal Edition AG, Vienna.
The documentary will be premiered in August 2015 at the Arvo Pärt Centre Film Evenings in Tallinn, Estonia.