Jean Troillet, toujours aventurier

Switzerland, May 2016
FILM, Documentary, 52 min.

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directed by
Sébastien Devrient
Status
In distribution
Website
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A small bivouac at 3040 m on the slopes of Mont Dolent in Valais is the setting for great encounters. Over the course of 10 days under canvas, in conditions similar to those of his expeditions, the famous adventurer and mountaineer Jean Troillet revisits the high points of his life as documented by his friend and film director Sébastien Devrient. 50 years of mountaineering, 40 years of expeditions, 30 years climbing the Himalayas at more than 8000 metres. Throughout these days filled with stories, 27 surprise guests come to visit Jean Troillet. Some come in person to spend 24 hours in the bivouac; others enjoy a virtual immersion in the intimate setting of the camp through interviews projected onto the tent canvas. Sketches, anecdotes, confidences, laughter and silence bring the past to life again and snatch a glimpse of the future of a free and enthusiastic man who, at 68 years old, is still an adventurer.

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World Premiere
May 2016
Original Version
French,  colour, 52 min.
Production
Vertiges Prod
Producer
Carole Dechantre
directed by
Sébastien Devrient
Cinemato­graphy
Sébastien Devrient
Editing
Sébastien Devrient
Music
Alberto Malo

Cast

Carole Dechantre as voix de la narratrice

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