A mountaineer loved a movie star more than any summit. She fell first.
The extraordinary, complex, nuanced, restless, and rebellious personality of Walter Bonatti is recounted in a docufiction that traces the life of the greatest mountaineer of all time, without neglecting his overwhelming love story with movie star Rossana Podestà.
Acting
Alessio Boni channels Bonatti's volcanic silences.
Cinematography
Mountains shot like jealous lovers, looming and luminous.
Production
Real Messner appearances lend documentary weight to the fiction.
Director
Stefano Vicario
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bonatti's 1954 K2 controversy haunted him for 50 years—this film finally lets him speak from beyond the grave, with actors.
Rossana Podestà starred in 'Helen of Troy' (1956) and reportedly dated Bonatti during her Hollywood exile; their real letters were adapted for the screenplay.
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