Baquet's Comeback

1988 0h 24m FR

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Documentary

Synopsis

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July 1956: like every summer, the actor and cellist Maurice Baquet temporarily deserts the stage and the cinema studios to go to Chamonix where the mountaineer Gaston Rebuffat is waiting for him. A few days later, the two men achieved a historic first, that of the south face of the Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m), a magnificent wall rising like a rampart above the Vallée Blanche. July 1988: to pay tribute to the memory of his friend Gaston, now deceased, Maurice Baquet once again climbed this wall suspended between heaven and earth with the man who, 50 years his junior, is considered one of his best contemporary mountaineers: Christophe Profit.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Maurice Baquet
Self
Christophe Profit
Self
Gaston Rébuffat
Self (archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nicolas Philibert
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marie-Hélène Quinton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Maurice Baquet and Christophe Profit and Gaston Rébuffat carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11845926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nicolas Philibert directs. Marie-Hélène Quinton cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 24-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Marie-Hélène Quinton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Maurice Baquet and Christophe Profit and Gaston Rébuffat carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt11845926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.