CERVINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
6th edition
Breuil-Cervinia/Valtournenche, July
23rd-27th, 2003

THE COMPETITION

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

LES NAUFRAGÉS DU MONT BLANC
FRANCE, 2002, 52’35’’, col., video
Director Denis Ducroz
Cameraman Christian Gaume
Editing Vincent Morgensterm
Production MFP (Multimédia France Productions)

December 1956. Two mountaineers decided to climb the Brenva in winter. Bad weather conditions and their poor experience in climbing trap them at 4.000mt. Moreover, the rescue actions were late in arriving due to misunderstandings in Chamonix , that obliged the climbers to stay in the mountains for ten days. A moving story that shook France and that is now narrated by some of its protagonists.

DIRECTOR
Denis Ducroz was born in 1949. He is documentary film maker, cinematographer, and scenario writer and he has dedicated himself to the study and realisation of adventure and travel movies. His works were often awarded in the best known Festivals ( Grand Prix at San Sebastian Festival 1982 for Ou vas- tu Basile?). At the moment he is he busily co-operating either with the cinema or the television (co-producer for RAI, FR3- BBC).

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