The Alpinist

September. 07,2021      PG-13
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Marc-André Leclerc as  Self
Brette Harrington as  Self
Alex Honnold as  Self
Reinhold Messner as  Self
Ueli Steck as  Self (archive footage)
Dean Potter as  Self (archive footage)
Derek Hersey as  Self (archive footage)
Jon Walsh as  Self
Tommy Caldwell as  Self (archive footage)
Austin Siadak as  Self

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