The Gate of Heaven
The Gate of Heaven

The Gate of Heaven

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1980
0h 52m
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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.

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Henri Agresti

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Henri Agresti
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Isabelle Agresti

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Isabelle Agresti
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Christian Guyomar

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Christian Guyomar
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Bernard Gorgeon

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Bernard Gorgeon
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Jean-Claude Droyer

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Jean-Claude Droyer
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Stéphane Troussier

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Stéphane Troussier
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Jean-Marc Troussier

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Jean-Marc Troussier
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Roger Verdegen

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Roger Verdegen
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Martine Rolland

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Jean-Jacques Rolland

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Jacques Keller

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Jacques Nosley

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Jean-Patrick Moron

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