Storyline
In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon Masino, Walter Cecchinel, all teacher guides at ENSA in Chamonix, with the help of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, set out to cross the 2 peaks of the highest mountain in India. After 43 hours in a truck, 10 days of slow and difficult approach walking, helped by goats for the portage due to lack of sherpas, the base camp is set up on the Nanda Devi glacier. Two groups share the two eastern and western slopes, 3 kilometers separate them: the goal being to meet between the two summits by the ridge. But on the big day, with the monsoon, bad weather arrives with wind and snow, we will have to give up. Like the French expedition of 1951 which lost two mountaineers, Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vigne, to whom Paul Gendre and Louis Dubosc pay tribute.
Cast & Crew
RR
Raymond Renaud
Self
LeadMG
Maurice Gicquel
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YP
Yves Pollet-Villard
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J'
Jean 'Nano' Coudray
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Walter Cecchinel
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MC
Maurice Cretton
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AC
Alok Chandola
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BS
Balwant Singh Sandhu
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What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christian Brincourt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Nanda Devi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
