The Gate of Heaven (1980)
A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.
Director: Henri Agresti
https://trentofestival.it/archivio/1981/porte-des-cieux-fragments/
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Henri Agresti as Self |
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Isabelle Agresti as Self |
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Christian Guyomar as Self |
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Bernard Gorgeon as Self |
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Jean-Claude Droyer as Self |
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Stéphane Troussier as Self |
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Jean-Marc Troussier as Self |
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Roger Verdegen as Self |
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Martine Rolland as Self |
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Jean-Jacques Rolland as Self |
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Jacques Keller as Self |
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Jacques Nosley as Self |
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Jean-Patrick Moron as Self |
| Directing | Henri Agresti | Director |
| Crew | Henri Agresti | Cinematography |
| Writing | Henri Agresti | Writer |
