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National Geographic's Pulse-Pounding Doc FREE SOLO @ TIFF
The Pulse-Pounding Story of Climber Alex Honnold's Ascent of One of the World's Most Iconic Peaks - Without a Rope
After Triumphant Premiere at Telluride, Film Plays TIFF, Opens In Theaters Sept 28
"Literally breath-taking." - Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
"Stunning. A real world thriller. Provides a template for the future, when the prospects of succeeding against daunting odds transcends the toxicity of the climate to provide a universal source of pride." - Eric Kohn, Indiewire
"Gripping. For those who love the thrill of high-adrenaline adventure docs, National Geographic's "Free Solo" will be a hard experience to top." - Peter Debruge, Variety
"One of the most arresting documentaries of the year. See the film on as big a screen as possible." - Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of "MERU," comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of freesoloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world's most famous rock ... the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park ... without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold's climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. FREE SOLO is an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who challenges both his body and his beliefs on a quest to triumph over the impossible, revealing the personal toll of excellence. As the climber begins his training, the armor of invincibility he's built up over decades unexpectedly breaks apart when Honnold begins to fall in love, threatening his focus and giving way to injury and setbacks. Vasarhelyi and Chin succeed in beautifully capturing deeply human moments with Honnold as well as the death-defying climb with exquisite artistry and masterful, vertigo-inducing camerawork. The result is a triumph of the human spirit that represents what The New York Times calls "a miraculous opportunity for the rest of us to experience the human sublime."
US DISTRIBUTOR: National Geographic Documentary Films
DIRECTORS: E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
US RELEASE DATE: September 28
10.09.2018 | Toronto Film Festival Dailies's blog Cat. : National Geographic's Pulse-Pounding Doc FREE SOLO @ TIFF News PROS
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