Overview
In 1984, climbing virtuoso Patrick Berhault gave a night climbing demonstration with Nico Ivaldo in Finale Ligure, Italy. This close and spontaneous connection with the audience, the silence followed by the cheers of the crowd with each move, amplified the climbers' sensations, creating a powerful feeling that gave them a state of flow. This idea of climbing dance took root and culminated in the film "Star Climber," composed of parodic vignettes retracing the history of climbing through the ages. Berhault, by turns a Cro-Magnon man, a Zulu in a trance, a troubadour climber accompanied on the flute by Catherine Destivelle, a Buster Keaton trying to climb his beautiful woman's wall, as Blues Brothers, Berhault and Robert Cortijo push the dial on rock 'n' roll 10 meters above the ground solo on the facade of a building at the crossroads of West Side Story and a Terry Gilliam film.
Production
Antenne 2 · Cinétévé · Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production (AMIP) · Image Connection
Cast & Characters
Patrick Berhault
Robert Cortijo
Maurice Baquet
Catherine Destivelle
Mamady Keïta
Judith Henry
Guy Khalifa
Jean-Marie Maddeddu
Pascale Noël
Pascal Amara Kalabam
Mama Adama Camara
Lamine Dibo Camara
Directors & Crew
Laurent Chevallier
Director
Laurent Chevallier
Writer
Fabienne Servan Schreiber
Producer
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