Marco Étoile Filante

Overview

Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one rule: not to fall. This gifted kid with hair sometimes blond peroxidized, green or blue clashed in his valley: Chamonix, mecca of mountaineering. His thing was to go up and down on a snowboard. . 90 minutes September 8, 2002, altitude 8848 meters, rare oxygen, his head already brushing the sky and his snowboard running, Marco Siffredi, 23, rushes from the summit of Everest in the Horbein corridor and its slopes at 50 degrees . A year earlier, he had already made the first descent of the mountain on a snowboard. But there remains another corridor… more direct. It's not a challenge, just a reason to be... However, that day, at the top of the roof of the world, his trace is lost...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 18, 2008

Original language

French

Spoken languages

English, French

Countries

France

Production

Seven Doc

Cast

Marco Siffredi,Sandi Cochepain,Russell Brice,Bertrand Delapierre,Phurba Tashi Sherpa,Simon Favier,Paul McLeod,René Robert

Director

Bertrand Delapierre

Writer

Bertrand Delapierre

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt3651470