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Release Year1989
Runtime0h 26m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes1
DirectorBernard Germain
WritersBernard Germain
TypeFeature Film
Rating10.0 out of 10
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsEverest Turbo - La Tentation
About Everest Turbo - La Tentation
Less than two years after his serious road accident, Eric Escoffier brought together the "Turbo" team (Frédéric Ancey, Michel Fauquet, Christine Janin and Stéphane Schaffter) with whom he will attempt to climb Everest without oxygen and without prior acclimatization in the Himalayas, the project being to complete the Paris-Everest-Paris loop in two weeks. It is also a medical experiment: the athletes spend a week at Mont Blanc, at the Vallot observatory between 4000 and 4800m, then a week in a hypobaric chamber in Grenoble. Doctors (Dr. Richalet, Herry and Bittel) perform tests throughout this training, which will learn about how the body acclimatizes to altitude and allow applications in the management of mountain-related illnesses . On September 2, 1989, they arrived at Everest base camp in China. They attempted the ascent via the North Col but could not carry out their project, prevented by bad weather.
Directed by Bernard Germain, Everest Turbo - La Tentation leans on a strong ensemble — Eric Escoffier, Christine Janin, Frédéric Ancey — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1989.
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