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.
Directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
mountain
biography
climbing
patagonia, argentina
mountain climbing
mountaineering
british columbia
alpine climbing
escalade
solo climbing
mountain pioneer
Rank
#37 in 2021·#1740 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Where to Watch
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
Will Stanhope
Self
Crew
Peter Mortimer
Director
Nick Rosen
Director
Eliott Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Popular Reviews
105 reviews
Ben GivertzPRO
9.7★ · 07/19/24
yoga meets mountaineering
yoga meets mountaineering
Nathaniel Griffith
7.0★ · 04/17/26
Really good!
Really good!
sara
10.0★ · 01/30/26
bro 💔
bro 💔
steven senegal
7.0★ · 01/29/26
the stuff this guy was doing was absolutely insane. i kind of didn't like the way the filmmakers approached some things but it didn't really matter ultimately because marc-andré's charismatic persona made the film what it is.
the stuff this guy was doing was absolutely insane. i kind of didn't like the way the filmmakers approached some things but it didn't really matter ultimately because marc-andré's charismatic persona made the film what it is.
elle
did we need that many long shots, my heart was in my mouth
did we need that many long shots, my heart was in my mouth