The read
It runs a compact 26m.
Synopsis
The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacular free solo rock climbing ascents in the sun-warmed cliffs of Bandiagara. Destivelle is accompanied on this trip by a friend climber, Lucien Abbet. A film by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz produced in 1987 by Paradoxe and also featuring Tidjani Koné, Ibrahim Dolo, and the Dogon inhabitants of the Bandiagara Escarpment. The film won the Genziana D'argento for best free climbing film at the Trento Film Festival in 1987.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Pierre-Antoine HirozDirector
- Pierre-Antoine HirozWriter
Cast
- Catherine DestivelleSelf
- Lucien AbbetSelf
- Tidiani KonéSelf
- Ibrahim DoloSelf
Stills
Themes
africafree climbingmaliescalademountain documentaryfrench climberssolo climbingcatherine destivellegoat climberarrampicatabandiagaradogon