The Alpinist
07/02/2021
2h

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.
Cast


Marc-André Leclerc
Self


Brette Harrington
Self


Alex Honnold
Self


Reinhold Messner
Self


Ueli Steck
Self (archive footage)


Dean Potter
Self (archive footage)


Derek Hersey
Self (archive footage)


Jon Walsh
Self


Tommy Caldwell
Self (archive footage)


Austin Siadak
Self


Peter Mortimer
Self
Barry Blanchard
Self
Michelle Kuipers
Self


Will Stanhope
Self


Will Gadd
Self
Ryan Johnson
Self (archive footage)
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