The Alpinist

Nick Rosen
2021-02-07


7.616
93 min

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

Name Character Team
Marc-André Leclerc Self Unowned
Brette Harrington Self Unowned
Alex Honnold Self Unowned
Reinhold Messner Self Unowned
Ueli Steck Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dean Potter Self (archive footage) Unowned
Derek Hersey Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jon Walsh Self Unowned
Tommy Caldwell Self (archive footage) Unowned
Austin Siadak Self Unowned
Peter Mortimer Self Unowned
Barry Blanchard Self Unowned
Michelle Kuipers Self Unowned
Will Stanhope Self Unowned
Will Gadd Self Unowned
Ryan Johnson Self (archive footage) Unowned