The Gate of Heaven
1980•52m•10.0•Released
Documentary
A legendary film in the history of rock climbing in the Verdon Gorges, shot in 16mm between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1979 by Henri Agresti, a high mountain guide. For the first time, acrobatic shots were taken on the walls of the Verdon. We rediscover a whole generation of pioneers on routes like Dingomaniaque, Triomphe d'Eros, Péril rouge, Luna Bong, Pichenibule or Necronomicon, routes which, like Dingomanique or Triomphe d'Eros, had just been opened. We witnessed a major turning point in the style and possibilities of rock climbing at the end of the 1970s: anchors sealed by drilling used as belaying and no longer as aids, new equipment: climbing shoes and chalk, harnesses and figure eights. Henri Agresti's unfinished and silent film, lasting around fifty minutes, was presented in the form of a nine-minute fragment at the Trento Film Festival in 1981.
Director
Henri Agresti
Writer
Henri Agresti
Languages
French
Cast
Henri Agresti
Self
Isabelle Agresti
Self
Christian Guyomar
Self
Bernard Gorgeon
Self
Jean-Claude Droyer
Self
Stéphane Troussier
Self
Jean-Marc Troussier
Self
Roger Verdegen
Self
Martine Rolland
Self
Jean-Jacques Rolland
Self
Jacques Keller
Self
Jacques Nosley
Self
Jean-Patrick Moron
Self
Recommended
7.9
Free Solo
2018
7.3
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021
8
The Dawn Wall
2017
7.8
The Alpinist
2021
7.5
Skyscraper Live
2026
7.5
Explorer: The Last Tepui
2022
7.4
Meru
2015
7.7
Valley Uprising
2014
6.9
Mountain
2017
7.2
180° South
2010
7.6
42 Up
1999
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
8.5
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
6.4
Atlantis Rising
2017
6.9
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
2026
7.4
Maria by Callas
2017
7.4
Wick Is Pain
2025
8.4
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
7.1
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2010
7
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
2026
Similar Movies
10
Via Annaba
2024
10
À l'Assaut de la Tour Eiffel
1947
10
Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes
1996
8
Rotpunkt
2019
10
Sahara - From Void To Rock
2002
10
Il Était Une Voie
2012
8.7
Galahad of Everest
1991
10
Jean Claude Droyer, Unconditional Freedom
2004
10
Incantations
1985
10
Profession grimpeur, Eric Escoffier
1985
10
Avoir 16 ans et toutes ses Andes
1991
8.5
Annapurna, premier 8000 à ski
1979
10
Ballade à Devil's Tower
1992
10
Dirty Bird, The Derek Hersey Story
2003
10
As Long As We Love Her
1957
10
Pyreneism Yesterday And Today
2019
10
The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure
2008
10
Anatomy of a First
1966
10
Vertical Miles
2002
10
The Wall Crawler: The Verticle Adventures of Alain Robert
1998