The Alpinist

2021 1h 33m EN

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 189

DocumentaryAdventure

Synopsis

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The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nick Rosen
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

ERA

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Marc-André Leclerc and Brette Harrington and Alex Honnold carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11790780 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nick Rosen directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 5 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Marc-André Leclerc and Brette Harrington and Alex Honnold carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt11790780 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Classified under 11 themes, including "mountain", "biography", "climbing", "patagonia, argentina".

The technical file

Sound: Eliott Taylor
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,218,734
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Alpinist (2021)

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CinemaSerf2022-03-28
★ 7/10
Rarely can I have seen a documentary with so much recent, and active, participation from a man about whom I knew nothing beforehand but for whom I actually cared by the middle of the film. The term "free-spirit" is entirely suitable to describe the young Marc-André Leclerc, a man who spends his time travelling the globe ascending sheer cliffs of rock that would give an eagle acrophobia. The film could also have been called "the Individualist". The young man wasn't a loner, in any social sense, but he preferred the exhilaration of climbing - and enduring all the hostile conditions that accompanied that - on his own. Only reluctantly, I thought, did he agree to allow the photographers to accompany him - and boy, what photography they have created. We really get a sense of not just the peril as the young man climbed these monumental pieces of rock (without a rope), but of the sense of adventure, of determination and of purpose that drove him to tackle these toughest, and frequently beautiful, of obstacles that nature could put in his path. There are a few, poignant, contributions from fellow climbers, the photographers, his mother and his girlfriend - but somehow we don't really need them - this is a story about a young man determined to live his life on his own terms. Got to be an Oscar contender.

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