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Cast

Henri Agresti

Henri Agresti

Self

Isabelle Agresti

Isabelle Agresti

Self

Christian Guyomar

Christian Guyomar

Self

Bernard Gorgeon

Bernard Gorgeon

Self

Jean-Claude Droyer

Jean-Claude Droyer

Self

Stéphane Troussier

Stéphane Troussier

Self

Jean-Marc Troussier

Jean-Marc Troussier

Self

Roger Verdegen

Roger Verdegen

Self

Martine Rolland

Martine Rolland

Self

Jean-Jacques Rolland

Jean-Jacques Rolland

Self

Jacques Keller

Jacques Keller

Self

Jacques Nosley

Jacques Nosley

Self

Jean-Patrick Moron

Jean-Patrick Moron

Self

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Henri Agresti

Henri Agresti

Director

Henri Agresti

Henri Agresti

Cinematography

Henri Agresti

Henri Agresti

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The Gate of Heaven

198010.0 / 1052 min
Documentary

Overview

A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.