''The Climb'' (french: L'Ascension) is a 2017 French
adventure comedy
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film directed by
Ludovic Bernard
Ludovic Bernard is a French film director, and second unit director. He is best known for his 2017 film, '' L'ascension''.
Filmography
References
External linksIMDbNadir Dendoune.
Plot
Samy Diakhaté is a young man of Senegalese origin from the Cité des 4000 in
La Courneuve
La Courneuve () is a Communes of France, commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, center of Paris.
History
Inhabited since pre-Roman times, the area is thought to have been a small village up through the Midd ...
. Like many of his friends, he is unemployed but wants to get out of it. Since middle school, he has been in love with Nadia, an employee of the neighborhood supermarket. He try to win her with his kindness, but she resists him, for fear of loving a frivolous boy who will disappoint her. Samy tells her that out of love for her, he would climb
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
, but Nadia takes this for a joke. Samy, determined to impress Nadia, starts looking for funding for his trip to
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. Without having experience of mountaineering or even physical training, he throws himself into the adventure but quickly realizes his weaknesses and the colossal challenge he must face. Meanwhile, the news has spread through the suburbs and Paris like wildfire: the whole suburb, radio and press, is with Samy to cheer him on and watch his exploits hour by hour, while his mother is dying of anguish at losing her son.
Alice Belaïdi
Alice Belaïdi (born 18 March 1987) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films and television shows since 2010.
Theatre
Filmography
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
French film actresses
Fren ...
as Nadia
* as Ben
* as Jeff
* as Max
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Maïmouna Gueye
Maïmouna Gueye Fall, is a Franco–Sénégalese actress. She is best known for her roles in the films '' The Climb'', ''Payoff, Cuties,'' ''Bacon on the Side''.
Personal life
After the marriage with a French man, she went France in 1998. Howeve ...
as Madame Diakhate
* as M. Diakhate
* as Houria
*
Moussa Maaskri
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as Nassir
* Umesh Tamang as Johnny
* Shriprem Gurung as Dorge
* as Kevin
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Jochen Hägele
Jochen Hägele (born 1975) is a German film and television actor. Specializes also in French dubbing, he is the voice-over artist of Daniel Brühl.
Early life
Jochen Hägele is born in 1975 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1976, his family moved in Franc ...
as Emmerich
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Julian Bugier
Julian Bugier (born November 22, 1980, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher), is a French TV journalist.
After working for news channels BFM TV and i Télé; he presented, as a substitute, the 8 o'clock news on weekdays on France 2.
Family
Julian Bugie ...
as Himself
Production
The movie was first introduced during the
Festival du Film de Comédie de L'Alpe d'Huez
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.
See also
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List of media related to Mount Everest
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