Grimpeur Étoile (1989)
In 1984, climbing virtuoso Patrick Berhault gave a night climbing demonstration with Nico Ivaldo in Finale Ligure, Italy. This close and spontaneous connection with the audience, the silence followed by the cheers of the crowd with each move, amplified the climbers' sensations, creating a powerful feeling that gave them a state of flow. This idea of climbing dance took root and culminated in the film "Star Climber," composed of parodic vignettes retracing the history of climbing through the ages. Berhault, by turns a Cro-Magnon man, a Zulu in a trance, a troubadour climber accompanied on the flute by Catherine Destivelle, a Buster Keaton trying to climb his beautiful woman's wall, as Blues Brothers, Berhault and Robert Cortijo push the dial on rock 'n' roll 10 meters above the ground solo on the facade of a building at the crossroads of West Side Story and a Terry Gilliam film.
Director: Laurent Chevallier
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Patrick Berhault as |
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Robert Cortijo as |
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Maurice Baquet as |
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Catherine Destivelle as |
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Mamady Keïta as |
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Judith Henry as |
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Guy Khalifa as |
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Jean-Marie Maddeddu as |
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Pascale Noël as |
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Pascal Amara Kalabam as |
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Mama Adama Camara as |
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Lamine Dibo Camara as |
| Directing | Laurent Chevallier | Director |
| Writing | Laurent Chevallier | Writer |
| Crew | Amar Arhab | Cinematography |
| Editing | Marie-Hélène Quinton | Editor |
| Production | Fabienne Servan Schreiber | Producer |