Braving the Peak

October. 14,2023      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Taiwan’s Central Mountain Range features 138 peaks with altitudes exceeding 3,000m, stretching over 300 km from north to south. KU Ming-cheng and CHOU Ching, two trail runners with very different temperaments and a 30-year age gap, spend three years training and exploring with the aim of traversing the Central Mountain Range on foot. This documentary captures their record-breaking eight-day, 16-hour feat from the very beginning, traversing self-doubt and disagreements, to finally achieving their goal, every step resembling a peak of life marked by unwavering determination.

Reviews

Voxitype
2023/10/14

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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Deanna
2023/10/15

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Rexanne
2023/10/16

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Billy Ollie
2023/10/17

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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