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Release Date:
February 7, 2021
Original Title:
The Alpinist
Alternate Titles:
Der Alpinist
The Alpinist
Ο Αλπινιστής
متسلق الجبال
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Dogwoof
Red Bull Media House
Roadside Attractions
Universal Pictures
Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12 CA: 18A DE: 12 DK: 15 GB: 12A|15|12 IE: 12 JP: R18+ NL: 16 NO: 15 PL: 16 RU: 16+ SE: 15 US: PG-13
Runtime: 93
Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places his camera at the base of a British Columbia cliff and waits patiently for the star climber to come down to answer his questions. Marc André, a little uncomfortable, prefers to return to the depths of the forest where he lives in a tent with his girlfriend Brette Harrington. In the heart of winter, Peter films vertiginous solos on fragile ice. He tries to make appointments with the climber who is never there and does not seem really concerned by this camera pointed at him "For me, it would not be a solo if there was someone else" . Marc-André is thus, the "pure light" of the mountaineers of his time, which marvel Barry Blanchard, Alex Honnold or Reinhold Messner, interviewed in the film. An event film for an extraordinary character.
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Director:
Peter Mortimer
Nick Rosen
Executive Producer:
Scott Bradfield
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Eliott Taylor
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