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Documentary / Portrait
Gli orizzonti di Jean
Fulvio Mariani (2014)
Jean Troillet, a strong Valais mountaineer and already a climber of ten 8,000, in 2011, while climbing in a rope with a friend, the west face of Annapurna was hit by a stroke. This was followed by a nightmarish descent and long rehabilitation. Then, Troillet's stubbornness and perseverance allowed him to recover almost completely. We will accompany him on a new expedition, this time horizontal, through the ice of the Canadian Great North. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 22 min
Jean Troillet, a strong Valais mountaineer and already a climber of ten 8,000, in 2011, while climbing in a rope with a friend, the west face of Annapurna was hit by a stroke. This was followed by a nightmarish descent and long rehabilitation. Then, Troillet's stubbornness and perseverance allowed him to recover almost completely. We will accompany him on a new expedition, this time horizontal, through the ice of the Canadian Great North. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Historical
Finis Terrae
Fulvio Mariani (1999)
Walter Bonatti travels to Patagonia to retrace the extraordinary story of the Salesian explorer Alberto Maria De Agostini and his titanic exploration work of the lands and mountains of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Recovering photos and actual footage of the De Agostini Expeditions, the film, entirely shot in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia in 1999, is a real journey into the lands of myth, and proposes, in a curious perspective that combines present and past, a fantastic sequence of some of the most spectacular places and savages of the American regions of the far South.- 1999
- Switzerland
- 73 min
Walter Bonatti travels to Patagonia to retrace the extraordinary story of the Salesian explorer Alberto Maria De Agostini and his titanic exploration work of the lands and mountains of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Recovering photos and actual footage of the De Agostini Expeditions, the film, entirely shot in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia in 1999, is a real journey into the lands of myth, and proposes, in a curious perspective that combines present and past, a fantastic sequence of some of the most spectacular places and savages of the American regions of the far South.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Urban climbing
Fulvio Mariani (2014)
Last year in Lecco was organized the first competition of climbing on the city walls. An enormous success in terms of participation and audience, which has also pushed some enthusiasts to organize a similar competition in Lugano. The 'Street Boulder' is mainly conquering young people. A short film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 7 min
Last year in Lecco was organized the first competition of climbing on the city walls. An enormous success in terms of participation and audience, which has also pushed some enthusiasts to organize a similar competition in Lugano. The 'Street Boulder' is mainly conquering young people. A short film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Una famiglia in blocco
Fulvio Mariani (2014)
Jonas Chapuis - an international climber, boulderer and race tracer - has chosen to move to the Verzasca Valley with his family for the past 5 years. The portrait of a Saxon enthusiast who has found a new Eldorado. A short film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 8 min
Jonas Chapuis - an international climber, boulderer and race tracer - has chosen to move to the Verzasca Valley with his family for the past 5 years. The portrait of a Saxon enthusiast who has found a new Eldorado. A short film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Romolo senza frontiere
Fulvio Mariani (2012)
At the foot of the limestone walls of the Denti della Vecchia lives the only inhabitant of the Cioascio mountain, Romolo Nottaris. The famous Ticino alpinist, explorer and director tells in pictures the memories of his adventurous life from the Alps, to the Himalayas, passing through Tierra del Fuego to return to his beloved Denti. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2012
- Switzerland
- 19 min
At the foot of the limestone walls of the Denti della Vecchia lives the only inhabitant of the Cioascio mountain, Romolo Nottaris. The famous Ticino alpinist, explorer and director tells in pictures the memories of his adventurous life from the Alps, to the Himalayas, passing through Tierra del Fuego to return to his beloved Denti. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Pagine di pietra
Mario Casella (2012)
Glauco Cugini, climber, opener and pitoner of a multitude of rock routes in Ticino, is also the author of a best-selling climbing guide in Switzerland. Portrait of a passionate who also introduces us to some rock faces above Bosco Gurin, the last corner of the planned Park of Locarno, on which he dwells. A film by Mario Casella and Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2012
- Switzerland
- 10 min
Glauco Cugini, climber, opener and pitoner of a multitude of rock routes in Ticino, is also the author of a best-selling climbing guide in Switzerland. Portrait of a passionate who also introduces us to some rock faces above Bosco Gurin, the last corner of the planned Park of Locarno, on which he dwells. A film by Mario Casella and Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Medici nell'aria sottile
Mario Casella (2014)
The largest research laboratory ever built at high altitudes. Last year the Ticino doctor Reto Pezzoli, a great mountain enthusiast, took part in the Swiss expedition to the Himlung Himal (7126 m): a peak located between Everest and Annapurna. Purpose of the expedition: to collect information on the reaction of the human body at high altitude by exploiting the availability of about forty alpinists-cavia who have undergone intensive medical examinations up to 7000 meters in height. About thirty doctors and researchers followed the climb of the participants bringing home a multitude of data that will allow to deepen the scientific knowledge in this field. The images of the expedition and the story of one of the doctors involved.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 10 min
The largest research laboratory ever built at high altitudes. Last year the Ticino doctor Reto Pezzoli, a great mountain enthusiast, took part in the Swiss expedition to the Himlung Himal (7126 m): a peak located between Everest and Annapurna. Purpose of the expedition: to collect information on the reaction of the human body at high altitude by exploiting the availability of about forty alpinists-cavia who have undergone intensive medical examinations up to 7000 meters in height. About thirty doctors and researchers followed the climb of the participants bringing home a multitude of data that will allow to deepen the scientific knowledge in this field. The images of the expedition and the story of one of the doctors involved.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
La parete d’Alnasca
Mario Casella (2014)
Poncione d'Alnasca dominates the Verzasca Valley between Brione and Lavertezzo. As the late and very strong alpinist Marco Pedrini wrote: 'its south wall, 500 m high, is undoubtedly the most beautiful in Ticino and forms an almost perfect triangle, vertical and very compact'. We will take you on the wall with Lorenzo Petazzi, one of the first climbers, to relive the epic of this historical page of European mountaineering. A short film by Fulvio Mariani and Mario Casella produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 9 min
Poncione d'Alnasca dominates the Verzasca Valley between Brione and Lavertezzo. As the late and very strong alpinist Marco Pedrini wrote: 'its south wall, 500 m high, is undoubtedly the most beautiful in Ticino and forms an almost perfect triangle, vertical and very compact'. We will take you on the wall with Lorenzo Petazzi, one of the first climbers, to relive the epic of this historical page of European mountaineering. A short film by Fulvio Mariani and Mario Casella produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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La magia del continente bianco
Romolo Nottaris (2013)
The last mountaineering adventure of the Ticino Romolo Nottaris. After telling the story of the Simplon region in the first episode, now it's up to Valle Bedretto that next winter will host a world-class ski mountaineering competition. The award to the valley of the race is a prize to the organizers of the Tris Rotondo. A short film by Fulvio Mariani and Romolo Nottaris produced for the Sottosopra series.La magia del continente bianco
Romolo Nottaris, Fulvio Mariani
- 2013
- Switzerland
- 23 min
The last mountaineering adventure of the Ticino Romolo Nottaris. After telling the story of the Simplon region in the first episode, now it's up to Valle Bedretto that next winter will host a world-class ski mountaineering competition. The award to the valley of the race is a prize to the organizers of the Tris Rotondo. A short film by Fulvio Mariani and Romolo Nottaris produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
La doppia vita di Nicole
Mario Casella (2014)
In the mid-1980s, Nicole Niquille was the first woman to become a mountain guide in Switzerland. In those years, her mountaineering exploits occupied the pages of newspapers, and not only those of the specialist press. Then, 20 years ago, a tragic accident stopped her in a wheelchair, but Nicole never gave up, and now she is the engine of a major humanitarian project in Nepal. The touching portrait of an extraordinary woman. A short film by Mario Casella produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2014
- Switzerland
- 18 min
In the mid-1980s, Nicole Niquille was the first woman to become a mountain guide in Switzerland. In those years, her mountaineering exploits occupied the pages of newspapers, and not only those of the specialist press. Then, 20 years ago, a tragic accident stopped her in a wheelchair, but Nicole never gave up, and now she is the engine of a major humanitarian project in Nepal. The touching portrait of an extraordinary woman. A short film by Mario Casella produced for the Sottosopra series.Climbing locations
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L'uomo della trilogia
Mario Casella (2012)
A film portrait about Christophe Profit. Profit remembers his biggest mountaineering achievements: First full solo performance of the American Direct to the Drus (1982); Summer trilogy on the north faces of the Matterhorn-Eiger-Jorasses in a day (1985); First ascent of the North-West ridge of K2 with Pierre Béghin (1991). The film, by Mario Casella and produced for the Sottosopra series, includes archive footage of his great ascents.- 2012
- Switzerland
- 17 min
A film portrait about Christophe Profit. Profit remembers his biggest mountaineering achievements: First full solo performance of the American Direct to the Drus (1982); Summer trilogy on the north faces of the Matterhorn-Eiger-Jorasses in a day (1985); First ascent of the North-West ridge of K2 with Pierre Béghin (1991). The film, by Mario Casella and produced for the Sottosopra series, includes archive footage of his great ascents.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
L'albero che cammina
Fulvio Mariani (2012)
Twenty years ago Fulvio Mariani, with his documentary L'uomo di legno (The Wooden Man), helped to make known to the general public a passionate mountain sculptor who is as good at working with wood as few others. Today Mauro Corona is a writer who has sold millions of books. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.- 2012
- Switzerland
- 17 min
Twenty years ago Fulvio Mariani, with his documentary L'uomo di legno (The Wooden Man), helped to make known to the general public a passionate mountain sculptor who is as good at working with wood as few others. Today Mauro Corona is a writer who has sold millions of books. A film by Fulvio Mariani produced for the Sottosopra series.
