The Mountain (2022)

The Mountain (2022). 1h 53m

“The star of this pleasantly strange film without doubt is the mountain itself, set as it is, almost entirely on the snowy peaks and rockfaces of the Mont Blanc massif above Chamonix.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs to the question of what itu0026#39;s about, itu0026#39;s about a middle aged man caught in the humdrum of daily life, (work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep..) who decides itu0026#39;s time for a change, and at the same time, its about the mountain itself, also coming of age and struggling, but in its case, because of the loss of its glacier.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThomas Salvador stars as the man in question. Itu0026#39;s something of an indulgence by him, as he gets to direct as well.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m pretty confident in saying, that this wonu0026#39;t go in the direction you think it might. There are plenty of films about middle-aged crises, but only one that covers it in this way. Itu0026#39;s the middle age crisis of the man, and of the mountain.”