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Drama / Melodrama
A corde tendue
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (2013)
Sandra, a young woman in her early twenties, is released from a Paris prison on probation and makes her way to the Chamonix valley to find the father she never met. Paul (Bruno Wolkowitch), her father, is a renowned mountaineer who runs a climbing school. Against the backdrop of the Masssif du Mont Blanc, father and daughter struggle to build a relationship made all the more complex by the inability or unwillingness of each of them to open up and talk about themselves and their pasts.- 2013
- France
- 93 min
Sandra, a young woman in her early twenties, is released from a Paris prison on probation and makes her way to the Chamonix valley to find the father she never met. Paul (Bruno Wolkowitch), her father, is a renowned mountaineer who runs a climbing school. Against the backdrop of the Masssif du Mont Blanc, father and daughter struggle to build a relationship made all the more complex by the inability or unwillingness of each of them to open up and talk about themselves and their pasts.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Science / Medical
Le laboratoire face à l'Everest
Jim McKenna (1996)
The glass pyramid is the highest scientific laboratory in the world. Located opposite Everest, Nepal, at an altitude of 5030 metres, it hosts many researchers whose objective is to study the impact of very high altitude on the body. At this altitude, the human body must adapt. As with scuba diving, the hiker must mark landings every 510 metres. If the latter are not respected, the risk of 'mountain sickness' is very high, and this does not result in nausea and headaches at best, but can go as far as pulmonary or cerebral edema. Through various experiments on top athletes, a researcher is trying to understand these mechanisms in order to apply his findings to patients suffering from cardiovascular disease.Le laboratoire face à l'Everest
- 1996
- France
- 26 min
The glass pyramid is the highest scientific laboratory in the world. Located opposite Everest, Nepal, at an altitude of 5030 metres, it hosts many researchers whose objective is to study the impact of very high altitude on the body. At this altitude, the human body must adapt. As with scuba diving, the hiker must mark landings every 510 metres. If the latter are not respected, the risk of 'mountain sickness' is very high, and this does not result in nausea and headaches at best, but can go as far as pulmonary or cerebral edema. Through various experiments on top athletes, a researcher is trying to understand these mechanisms in order to apply his findings to patients suffering from cardiovascular disease.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Christine Janin - Au-delà de l'Everest
Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis (2001)
Doctor and alpinist, aged 43, Christine Janin is the only Frenchwoman to have reached the roof of the world: Everest! This most adventurous of mountaineers has conquered the highest summits on the planet, including some at 8,000 meters without oxygen. In 1997, she was the first woman in the world to reach the North Pole, after 62 days on skis without sled dogs! She didn't accomplish that exploit for the sole pleasure of risk-taking, but to finance an extraordinary project: an Association she created in 1994, 'Everyone Their Everest.Christine Janin - Au-delà de l'Everest
- 2001
- France
- 26 min
Doctor and alpinist, aged 43, Christine Janin is the only Frenchwoman to have reached the roof of the world: Everest! This most adventurous of mountaineers has conquered the highest summits on the planet, including some at 8,000 meters without oxygen. In 1997, she was the first woman in the world to reach the North Pole, after 62 days on skis without sled dogs! She didn't accomplish that exploit for the sole pleasure of risk-taking, but to finance an extraordinary project: an Association she created in 1994, 'Everyone Their Everest.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
In pursuit of fear
Amanda Rees (2003)
In pursuit of fear is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc Massif and Kangchenjunga. It was directed by Amanda Rees in 2003 and produced by Principal Films. It is a part of the series Mountains and man (2/3). It features Doug Scott, Catherine Destivelle, Laurence Gouault, Steve Haston, Brian Okonek, Caradoc Jones and others.- 2003
- UK
- 50 min
In pursuit of fear is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Blanc Massif and Kangchenjunga. It was directed by Amanda Rees in 2003 and produced by Principal Films. It is a part of the series Mountains and man (2/3). It features Doug Scott, Catherine Destivelle, Laurence Gouault, Steve Haston, Brian Okonek, Caradoc Jones and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Volcano above the clouds
Hugh Thomson (2003)
Volcano above the clouds is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mount Kilimanjaro. It was directed by Hugh Thomson in 2003 and produced by WGBH. It is a part of the series Nova. It features Robin Buxton, Michael Ngatoluwa, Kevin Dougherty, Volker Lorenz, Chris Vile, Kenton Kool and others.- 2003
- France, Germany, USA
- 55 min
Volcano above the clouds is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mount Kilimanjaro. It was directed by Hugh Thomson in 2003 and produced by WGBH. It is a part of the series Nova. It features Robin Buxton, Michael Ngatoluwa, Kevin Dougherty, Volker Lorenz, Chris Vile, Kenton Kool and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Mountain of ice
Liesl Clark (2003)
Mountaineers and scientists battle the snowy precipices of Antarctica's highest peak - the Vinson Massif. The film's story is told through the voice of Jon Krakauer, mountaineer and best-selling author of "Into Thin Air". His high-risk expedition to scale the icy peak is interwoven with the epic story of Scott and Amundsen's race to reach the South Pole in 1912. Krakauer examines why one team failed and the other succeeded, even as he battles with the challenge of conquering the unpredictable slopes of the southern continent's mightiest summit.- 2003
- France, Germany, USA
- 55 min
Mountaineers and scientists battle the snowy precipices of Antarctica's highest peak - the Vinson Massif. The film's story is told through the voice of Jon Krakauer, mountaineer and best-selling author of "Into Thin Air". His high-risk expedition to scale the icy peak is interwoven with the epic story of Scott and Amundsen's race to reach the South Pole in 1912. Krakauer examines why one team failed and the other succeeded, even as he battles with the challenge of conquering the unpredictable slopes of the southern continent's mightiest summit.Climbing locations
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