The Alpinist

The Alpinist (2021)

February 7th, 20211h 33min

Documentary, Adventure
77%

Overview

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Hidalgo

Hidalgo


Released on: 2004-02-04
Western, Adventure

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his h...

Becoming Cary Grant

Becoming Cary Grant


Released on: 2017-05-23
Documentary

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a c...

The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm


Released on: 2000-06-29
Drama, Adventure, Action

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atl...

Vana: The Biggest Race Is the Life Itself

Vana: The Biggest Race Is the Life Itself


Released on: 2012-09-06
Documentary

A documentary portrait of a legendary Czech jockey, Josef Vána, reveals his inner world of thoughts....

Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann

Soldier of the Road: A Portrait of Peter Brötzmann


Released on: 2012-06-30
Documentary

How do you become Peter Brötzmann? How do you become what you are: a painter, a musician, an absolut...

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy


Released on: 2021-09-14
Documentary, History, TV Movie

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, h...

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget

Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget


Released on: 2009-11-24
Documentary

Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with...

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century


Released on: 1998-05-15
Documentary

Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the...

The Fabulous Allan Carr

The Fabulous Allan Carr


Released on: 2017-05-19
Documentary

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw th...

Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia

Out of the Interior: Survival of the small-town cinema in British Columbia


Released on:
Documentary

The hard-working cinema owners and operators of the small towns found in BC's southern interior are ...

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life


Released on: 2017-06-08
Documentary

This compelling Documentary moves beyond the spotlight and past the attention-grabbing headlines to ...

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story


Released on: 2020-01-07
Documentary

An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who sh...

Sepultura Endurance

Sepultura Endurance


Released on: 2017-05-21
Documentary, Music

The long awaited documentary about Sepultura's incredible journey from Brazil to the world.

Beware Haderer

Beware Haderer


Released on: 1992-01-01
Documentary

A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria ...

The Comeback

The Comeback


Released on: 1980-05-12
Documentary

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback a...

Reel Rock 14

Reel Rock 14


Released on: 2019-10-17
Documentary, Adventure

In a battle for El Cap’s coveted Nose speed record, rock legends Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold go ...

David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating

David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating


Released on: 2010-01-10
Documentary

From Vogue magazine fashion photographer to filmmaker, painter and sculptor, Bailey is the working-c...

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend


Released on: 2022-11-13
Documentary

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career ...

Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta

Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta


Released on: 2020-01-16
Documentary

Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats

Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats


Released on: 1985-09-06
Documentary

Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including All...