The Alpinist (2021)
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.
Directors: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen.
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Marc-André Leclerc as Self |
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Brette Harrington as Self |
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Alex Honnold as Self |
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Reinhold Messner as Self |
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Ueli Steck as Self (archive footage) |
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Dean Potter as Self (archive footage) |
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Derek Hersey as Self (archive footage) |
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Jon Walsh as Self |
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Tommy Caldwell as Self (archive footage) |
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Austin Siadak as Self |
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Peter Mortimer as Self |
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Barry Blanchard as Self |
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Michelle Kuipers as Self |
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Will Stanhope as Self |
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Will Gadd as Self |
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Ryan Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
| Sound | Eliott Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Scott Bradfield | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Peter Mortimer | Director |
| Directing | Nick Rosen | Director |
| Production | Philipp Manderla | Executive Producer |