Filmography

Lucien Abbet

6 films

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  • Drama / Mountain Drama

    Altitudes

    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.

    France, Switzerland / 90 min

    Altitudes

    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

  • Drama / Thriller

    Crime à l'altimètre

    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.

    Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland / 93 min

    Crime à l'altimètre

    José Giovanni

    • 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

  • Documentary / Climbing Guide

    Des blocs en Valais DVD

    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.

    Switzerland / 150 min

    Des blocs en Valais

    Nathalie Pallud

    • 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

    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.

    USA / 49 min

    The Nameless Tower

    David Breashears

    • 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

  • Documentary / Climbing Journal

    Séo! DVD

    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.

    France / 26 min

    Séo!

    Pierre-Antoine Hiroz

    • 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.

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  • Drama / Mountain Drama

    Premier de cordée DVD

    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).

    France, Italy, Switzerland / 178 min

    Premier de cordée

    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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