In a remote area of Siberia, the world’s largest sect lives under the teachings of Vissarion, a man who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus. Sveta has moved from away from St Petersburg and her ex-husband Magomed, and now lives in the community with her children, Danial, Mariam and Zaur, and her new husband, the Vissarionite bell ringer Dmitiri. Christ Lives in Siberia (Jeesus elab Siberis), by Estonian duo Jaak Kilmi and Arbo Tammiksaar, follows the daily lives of the children as they go to school and help out with community chores. As we go along, we discover more about them and what brought their mother to the community. Their lives are juxtaposed with that of Magomed, who writes letters to the Russian government in an attempt to get his children back.
Former police officer Jesus Vissarion is the soul of Siberia. His 4,000 disciples follow a strict regime of no meat, no eggs, no milk, no fish, no alcohol, no smoking and very little money. Filmmaker George Carey touches down in the obscure Siberian outpost of Minusinsk, just in time to join in the fun and frolics at Vissarion's big festival, taking place in Sun City, the new Promised Land, roughly 200 miles north of Mongolia. George is approached by Vissarion's closest apostle, a former rock singer called Vadim Redkin, who says he can take him to meet the great man...
En un rincón perdido de Siberia, los hombres creen en chamanes, exorcistas, nuevos Mesías y en una leyenda que habla de un lago cuyas profundidades dejan escapar el sonido de las campanas de una catedral. Según esta leyenda, hace siglos, la ciudad de Kitesh, amenazada por una invasión mongola, fue salvada por Dios que hizo que el lago Swetloyar engullera a sus enemigos. Este documental causó cierta polémica en Rusia por presentar Siberia como una región de cultura profundamente primitiva y dominada por las supersticiones y la mística.
