High Lane (2009) Vertige (original title)

Director:

Abel Ferry

Writers:

Johanne Bernard (scenario) &
Louis-Paul Desanges (scenario)

Release Date:

24 June 2009 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror

Plot:

A group of friends on vacation decide to venture onto a trail high up in the mountains that has been closed for repairs...

Plot Keywords:

Trap | Fight | Mountain | Croatia | French Horror

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Fanny Valette	...	Chloé
Johan Libéreau	...	Loïc
Raphaël Lenglet	...	Guillaume
Nicolas Giraud	...	Fred
Maud Wyler	...	Karine
Justin Blanckaert	...	Anton
Guilhem Simon	...	L'adolescent

Directed by
Abel Ferry

Writing credits
Johanne Bernard		(scenario) &
Louis-Paul Desanges		(scenario)

Produced by
Alain Benguigui	....	producer
Thomas Verhaeghe	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Pierre Taieb

Cinematography by
Nicolas Massart

Film Editing by
Soline Guyonneau

Casting by
Aurélie Guichard

Production Design by
Sébastien Inizan

Art Direction by
Olivier Afonso

Set Decoration by
Samantha Gordowski

Costume Design by
Bénédicte Levraut

Makeup Department
Jeanne Bolzinger	....	sfx makeup artist
Guillaume Castagné	....	sfx makeup artist
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	sfx hair stylist
Nicolas Herlin	....	sfx makeup artist
Laetitia Hillion	....	sfx makeup artist
Arthur Humbert	....	sfx makeup artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	sfx make-up supervisor
Pascal Larue	....	sfx makeup artist
Elodie Martin	....	additional make-up
Laura Ozier	....	key makeup/hair
Clément Wintz	....	sfx makeup artist

Production Management
Denis Bedjaj	....	additional assistant unit manager
Marc Brunet	....	additional unit manager
Fabrice Cornillon	....	additional assistant unit manager
Paul-Emmanuel Durand	....	additional assistant unit manager (as Paul Durand)
Adelaide Enlart	....	assistant production manager
Julien Flick	....	unit manager
Kilian Gerhold	....	assistant unit manager
Benjamin Goumard	....	assistant unit manager
Nicolas Le Parlouer	....	assistant unit manager
Julie Léger	....	post-production manager
Christine Moarbes	....	additional unit manager
Jennifer Peyrot	....	assistant unit manager
Benjamin Phuong Dung	....	production manager
Olivier Thibaut	....	additional assistant unit manager
Jean-Baptiste Vaccaro	....	additional assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Olivier Afonso	....	second unit director
Jean Baptiste Pouilloux	....	first assistant director (as Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux)
Nicolas Quéré	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Samantha Benne	....	assistant production designer
Thierry Deberre	....	landscape designer
Jonathan Delerue	....	illustrator
Marie Deschamps	....	property master (as Marie Deschamps de Pas)
Jean-Claude Giusti	....	constructor
Jerome Mollard	....	constructor
Franck Pompier	....	constructor
Mickael Riou	....	sculptor
Jean-Denis Riviere	....	constructor
Thierry Tanga	....	constructor

Sound Department
Christophe Colson	....	sound editor
Gregoire Couzinier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregoire Couzinier	....	supervising sound designer
Joseph de Laage	....	boom operator (as Joseph de Laage de Meux)
Julien Gigliotti	....	second unit boom operator
Les Kouz	....	sound supervisor
François Sempé	....	sound mixer
Julien Sicart	....	second unit sound mixer

Special Effects by
Guillaume Colas	....	main titles
Cyril Hipaux	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Philippe Nalet	....	digital compositor
Lolet Ong	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	fight choregrapher
Michaël Troude	....	fight performer (as Mickael Troudé)
Patrick Vo	....	fight performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Bourrat	....	video operator
Stéphane Cresta	....	key grip
Sylvain Curial	....	electrician
Marie-Sophie Daniel	....	second assistant camera
Yoann de Montgrand	....	additional second assistant camera
Denis Gaubert	....	second unit assistant camera
Sebastien Gaulon	....	additional electrician
Aissa Lahoucine	....	gaffer
Olivier Leblanc	....	crane operator
Alexandre Léglise	....	first assistant camera
Michel Monnaie	....	additional electrician
Emmanuel Plumecocq	....	electrician
Mickael Plumecocq	....	additional electrician
Jean Baptiste Pouilloux	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Benjamin Rame	....	grip
Thierry Thuillier	....	second unit camera
Laurence Trémolet	....	still photographer
Thomas Valaeys	....	grip

Casting Department
Sonia Cascino	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Solenne Capmas	....	additional costumer
Marion Gaffiero	....	additional costumer
Cécile Guiot	....	costume preparation
Charlotte Lebourgeois	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Jimmy Christophe	....	color timer
Richard Deusy	....	colorist
Pascal Massonneau	....	color timer
Edouard Perchet	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Marion Busque	....	production assistant
Julie Daniel	....	production assistant
Juliette Dubois	....	production assistant
Ludovic Duclary	....	development executive: Sombrero (as Ludovic du Clary)
Isabelle Fauvel	....	development consultant: Initiative Film (as Isabelle Fauvelle)
Myassa Kerrad	....	production assistant
Nicolas Leprêtre	....	production assistant
Jean-Baptiste Ouvrard-Pascaud	....	location manager
Adrien Overlot	....	production accountant
Lisa-Nina Rives	....	script supervisor
Benoit Vautrin	....	making-of
Capucine Violet	....	development executive: Gaumont

Thanks
Rodolphe Guglielmi	....	the director wishes to thank
Teddy Percherancier	....	the director wishes to thank

Production Companies

• Gaumont (presents) (co-production)
• Sombrero Films
• Studio Mad
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Banque Populaire Images 9 (in association with)
• Région Languedoc-Roussillon (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)

Distributors

• Gaumont (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• MultiVisionnaire Media (2011) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Gaumont DVD (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Filma (2009) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Kiss Comunicació (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Libero (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Nikkatsu (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cinemax (2009) (Russia) (all media) (CIS)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• EDKO Film (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• EDKO Film (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• IFC Midnight (2010) (USA) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Cambodia) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Thailand) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Vietnam) (all media)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Star Entertainment (2009) (India) (all media)

Special Effects

• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (special effects)

Other Companies

• BR Films  special thanks
• Kouz Production  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Vertige" - France (original title)
"Dead Cliff" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

France:90 min | Germany:82 min (uncut)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Japan:R15+ | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Aussois, Savoie, France

Company:

Gaumont

Soundtrack:

Alright

Wrong turn in the mountains

The basic plot of Vertige is pretty lame and worn off considering that we are talking about a group of five mountain climbers who take an adventurous hike on a mountain path that goes overboard and turns into a fight for survival.

Its like Wrong Turn if you replace the woods with mountains. At first you think it could go a different direction because the first half works pretty well as a kind of adventure movie with mountain climbers. You get some pretty impressive climbing sequences with lines snapping and nice action mixed with beautiful landscape shots and some nice camera-work... as well as a pretty hot female lead actress (although she chose a pretty strange dress for that trip that gives the viewer some pretty nice views of her mountains too). As soon as the movie turns to be a survival horror with some mountain hillbilly maniac who hunts climbers it goes overboard. There is no resolution of the obscure guy hunting the climbers and the flashback sequences about some mishappenings in the life of the female lead who seems to be a doctor are pretty meaningless and cheap.

Vertige is a typical style over substance movie with a giant letdown in the end and a plot that is as paper thin as the clichéd character development. Anyone who has high hopes for another great french horror movie should stay away from this. The action sequences are really good but i doubt thats enough for a feature movie. first turns out closed and on further investigation becomes quite stressful when bridges break and cables burst.