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Mountain

Directed by: Jennifer Peedom
Runtime: 1hr 14min Year: 2017
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Directed by: Jennifer Peedom
Runtime: 1hr 14min Year: 2017
Country: Australia
Last Screened: Thu 15th Feb 2018

This gloriously cinematic essay chronicles the spellbinding attraction of mountains and humanity’s desire to scale their heights. Mountain is an ode to the beauty, mystery, and power of the world’s highest peaks.

★★★★ “A sublime rush of adrenaline and orchestral beauty”  The Guardian

“One of the most visceral essay films ever made” – The Hollywood Reporter

This gloriously cinematic essay chronicles the spellbinding attraction of mountains and humanity’s desire to scale their heights.

Willem Dafoe narrates this visually stunning exploration of the powerful force that mountains hold over the imagination of so many. A collaboration between the renowned, Australian Chamber Orchestra and award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Peedom, Mountain is an ode to the beauty, mystery, and power of the world’s highest peaks.