Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Ahmed Sylla | ... | Samy Diakhaté |
Alice Belaïdi | ... | Nadia | |
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Kévin Razy | ... | Ben |
Nicolas Wanczycki | ... | Jeff | |
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Waly Dia | ... | Max |
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Maïmouna Gueye | ... | Evelyne Diakhaté |
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Denis Mpunga | ... | Célestin Diakhaté |
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Fadila Belkebla | ... | Houria |
Moussa Maaskri | ... | Nassir | |
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Umesh Tamang | ... | Johnny le sherpa |
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Amir El Kacem | ... | Kévin |
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Johannes Oliver Hamm | ... | Johan |
Rabah Nait Oufella | ... | Saïd | |
Oscar Copp | ... | Nadir | |
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Erico Salamone | ... | Didier Fauconnier |
A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he'd do anything for her.
I often find contemporary French cinema difficult to watch, but L'Ascension is different, I loved this film. It is charming, pertinent, and the whole fish-out-of-water thing (A young Franco-Africain man who has never been out of his Parisian ghetto promises a woman he's dating that he will climb mount Everest for her) is done really well. Add to this spectacular scenery in Nepal and Chamonix (faux Everest :-), and I think one has to be pretty fussbudget not to enjoy this film.