{"id":14963,"date":"2023-11-04T16:44:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:28:39","slug":"the-summit-of-the-gods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-summit-of-the-gods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14964\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-summit-of-the-gods-250x299.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-summit-of-the-gods-250x299.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-summit-of-the-gods-768x918.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-summit-of-the-gods.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/the-summit-of-the-gods-600x717.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #660084;\">THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 2021 \u2013\u00a0 95&#8242;\u00a0 &#8211; ANIMATION, DRAMA<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Written by:\u00a0Jean-Charles Ostorero, Patrick Imbert, Magali Pouzol.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Patrick Imbert.<br \/>\nVoices:\u00a0Lazare Herson-Macarel, Eric Herson-Macarel,\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Dunoyer, Philippe Vincent, Luc Bernard, Marc Arnaud, Jerome Keen.<br \/>\nOfficial selection Cannes International Film Festival 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>Official Competition COLCOA 2021<\/strong>: Winner American Students Award.<br \/>\nIn French with English subtitles.<br \/>\nA Netflix release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\" font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Were George Mallory and Andrew Irvine the first men to scale Mount Everest in 1924? That innocent question, challenging recorded mountaineering history, launches a young Japanese photo-journalist on his own philosophical path of discovery in\u00a0Patrick Imbert\u2019s elegantly animated adaptation of Jiro Taniguchi\u2019s and Baku Yumemakura\u2019s manga masterpiece. Meticulous graphics and pitch-perfect sound design convey both the thrill of the quest and the film\u2019s heightened sense of impending danger at each vertiginous step.\u00a0The Summit of the Gods\u00a0is ultimately a suspenseful, profound discourse on Man\u2019s unfathomable need to surpass nature and the catharsis inherent in climbing walls of stone and ice.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81439550?trackId=255824129&amp;tctx=0%2C0%2C4f58b469-c8d9-4301-a5ae-8d6e692281cc-612114836%2C4f58b469-c8d9-4301-a5ae-8d6e692281cc-612114836%7C2%2Cunknown%2C%2C%2CtitlesResults%2C81439550%2CVideo%3A81439550%2CminiDpPlayButton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH NOW\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS | 2021 \u2013\u00a0 95&#8242;\u00a0 &#8211; ANIMATION, DRAMA Written by:\u00a0Jean-Charles Ostorero, Patrick Imbert, Magali Pouzol. Directed by:\u00a0Patrick Imbert. Voices:\u00a0Lazare Herson-Macarel, Eric Herson-Macarel,\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Dunoyer, Philippe Vincent, Luc Bernard, Marc Arnaud, Jerome Keen. Official selection Cannes International Film Festival 2021. Official Competition COLCOA 2021: Winner American Students Award. In French with English subtitles. 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