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Drama / Mountain Drama
Altitudes
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (2017)
After 20 years away, Isabelle, a former climbing champion, returns to her village in the Alps for the funeral of her mountain-guide father. She decides to open up a new climbing route with the help of Kenza, her protégé - something she'd planned to do with her father. But the past and its secrets resurface through Antoine, a brilliant mountaineer who was Isabelle's first love.Pierre-Antoine Hiroz, Mikaël Ollivier
- 2017
- France, Switzerland
- 90 min
After 20 years away, Isabelle, a former climbing champion, returns to her village in the Alps for the funeral of her mountain-guide father. She decides to open up a new climbing route with the help of Kenza, her protégé - something she'd planned to do with her father. But the past and its secrets resurface through Antoine, a brilliant mountaineer who was Isabelle's first love.Climbing locations
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Drama / Thriller
Crime à l'altimètre
José Giovanni (1996)
An expert mountaineer meets an attractive young Vietnamese woman who is abused by a despotic former mercenary. Determined to free her, he plans a perfect crime to get rid of that type, preparing an alibi based on the realization in an impossible time of a journey to a mountain shelter. Once his objective is covered, a judge initiates the investigation, suspecting that the mountaineer has something to hide.- 1996
- Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland
- 93 min
An expert mountaineer meets an attractive young Vietnamese woman who is abused by a despotic former mercenary. Determined to free her, he plans a perfect crime to get rid of that type, preparing an alibi based on the realization in an impossible time of a journey to a mountain shelter. Once his objective is covered, a judge initiates the investigation, suspecting that the mountaineer has something to hide.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Guide
Des blocs en Valais
Nathalie Pallud (2008)
Des blocs en Valais is a documentary about bouldering that takes place in Massongex and Basse-Nendaz. It was directed by Nathalie Pallud in 2008 and produced by Palprod. It features Fred Nicole, François Nicole, Lucien Abbet, Benoît Dorsaz, Dave Graham, Patrick Edlinger and others.- 2008
- Switzerland
- 150 min
Des blocs en Valais is a documentary about bouldering that takes place in Massongex and Basse-Nendaz. It was directed by Nathalie Pallud in 2008 and produced by Palprod. It features Fred Nicole, François Nicole, Lucien Abbet, Benoît Dorsaz, Dave Graham, Patrick Edlinger and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
The Nameless Tower
David Breashears (1991)
The Nameless Tower is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Nameless Tower. It was directed by David Breashears in 1991 and produced by Adventure World Productions. It is a part of the series Expedition Earth. It features Catherine Destivelle, Jeff Lowe, Jim Bridwell, Veronique Choa, Lucien Abbet, Peter Benchley and others.- 1991
- USA
- 49 min
The Nameless Tower is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Nameless Tower. It was directed by David Breashears in 1991 and produced by Adventure World Productions. It is a part of the series Expedition Earth. It features Catherine Destivelle, Jeff Lowe, Jim Bridwell, Veronique Choa, Lucien Abbet, Peter Benchley and others.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Séo!
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (1987)
The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacular free solo rock climbing ascents in the sun-warmed cliffs of Bandiagara. Destivelle is accompanied on this trip by a friend climber, Lucien Abbet. A film by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz produced in 1987 by Paradoxe and also featuring Tidjani Koné, Ibrahim Dolo, and the Dogon inhabitants of the Bandiagara Escarpment.- 1987
- France
- 26 min
The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacular free solo rock climbing ascents in the sun-warmed cliffs of Bandiagara. Destivelle is accompanied on this trip by a friend climber, Lucien Abbet. A film by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz produced in 1987 by Paradoxe and also featuring Tidjani Koné, Ibrahim Dolo, and the Dogon inhabitants of the Bandiagara Escarpment.Climbing locations
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Drama / Mountain Drama
Premier de cordée
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz (1999)
Joseph Serettaz, a reputed guide from Chamonix, in the French Alps, is killed at the end of the 1930's during a climbing expedition with a rich industrialist from Milan. The latter is unhurt, although in a state of shock. When Zian Servettaz sets off to find his father’s body, destiny again takes a hand and he too is the victim of a fall, in which he fractures his cranium. The industrialist’s daughter Bianca would like to express her gratitude to the Servettaz family, but Zian rebuffs her kindness. Adaptation of three novels by Roger Frison-Roche (Premier de cordee, La grande crevasse, Retour a la montagne).Pierre-Antoine Hiroz, Edouard Niermans
- 1999
- France, Italy, Switzerland
- 178 min
Joseph Serettaz, a reputed guide from Chamonix, in the French Alps, is killed at the end of the 1930's during a climbing expedition with a rich industrialist from Milan. The latter is unhurt, although in a state of shock. When Zian Servettaz sets off to find his father’s body, destiny again takes a hand and he too is the victim of a fall, in which he fractures his cranium. The industrialist’s daughter Bianca would like to express her gratitude to the Servettaz family, but Zian rebuffs her kindness. Adaptation of three novels by Roger Frison-Roche (Premier de cordee, La grande crevasse, Retour a la montagne).Climbing locations
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