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Makalu 8481m - West Pillar

1971 · 27 min

A patient, matter-of-fact chronicle of a Himalayan expedition, heavy with logistics and altitude, offering quiet awe rather than thrills. It feels like watching history unfold slowly on a mountainside.

Genres
Documentary, Adventure
Overview
The French Alpine Club's film about the French expedition to conquer Makalu (8481m) via the west pillar in Nepal, which began on February 24, 1971. Composed of 11 mountaineers, Robert Paragot (expedition leader), Georges Payot, Lucien Berardini, Yannick Seigneur, Claude Jager, Jean-Paul Paris, Jean-Claude Mosca, François Guillot, Bernard Mellet, Robert Jacob and Jacques Marchal (surgeon), it took twenty-five days of walking on the Himalayan trails with 460 porters and 18 Sherpas to transport 14 tons of equipment to reach the base camp. Finally, it was Mellet and Seigneur who managed to reach the summit on May 23, 1971: 8481 m, temperature - 30°, oxygen 30%, no wind.
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Survival, exploration, ambition, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    documentary, adventure
    Directed by
    Lucien Bérardini
    Starring
    Lucien Bérardini, Robert Paragot, Yannick Seigneur, Bernard Mellet, François Guillot, Georges Payot, Claude Jager, Jean-Claude Mosca
    Runtime
    27 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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