The star of this pleasantly strange film without doubt is the mountain itself, set as it is, almost entirely on the snowy peaks and rockfaces of the Mont Blanc massif above Chamonix.
As to the question of what it's about, it's about a middle aged man caught in the humdrum of daily life, (work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep..) who decides it's time for a change, and at the same time, its about the mountain itself, also coming of age and struggling, but in its case, because of the loss of its glacier.
Thomas Salvador stars as the man in question. It's something of an indulgence by him, as he gets to direct as well.
I'm pretty confident in saying, that this won't go in the direction you think it might. There are plenty of films about middle-aged crises, but only one that covers it in this way. It's the middle age crisis of the man, and of the mountain.
As to the question of what it's about, it's about a middle aged man caught in the humdrum of daily life, (work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep..) who decides it's time for a change, and at the same time, its about the mountain itself, also coming of age and struggling, but in its case, because of the loss of its glacier.
Thomas Salvador stars as the man in question. It's something of an indulgence by him, as he gets to direct as well.
I'm pretty confident in saying, that this won't go in the direction you think it might. There are plenty of films about middle-aged crises, but only one that covers it in this way. It's the middle age crisis of the man, and of the mountain.