When the documentary, “Free Solo,” arrived and wowed audiences, many people were shocked to learn just how fearless climber Alex Honnold is, and how it might be attributed to some sort of physical issue in his brain. How else can you explain why someone would climb by themselves up a rock that could lead to his death? Well, that same question gets tackled in the new animated film, “The Summit of the Gods.”
As seen in the trailer for “The Summit of the Gods,” the film follows the story of a Japanese photojournalist who tags along with a mysterious climber that is attempting to summit Mount Everest. And over the course of the journey, the journalist discovers what would lead a person to want to test their body and risk their life just to climb higher up a mountain.
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The animated feature comes from director Patrick Imbert, who co-wrote the feature alongside Jean-Charles Ostoréro. The film marks the feature directorial debut for Imbert, who has previously worked as an animator himself. “The Summit of the Gods” is adapted from the manga series from artist Jirô Taniguchi and writer Baku Yumemakura.
“The Summit of the Gods” arrives on Netflix on November 30. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
A breathtaking adaptation of the manga series by renowned manga artist Jirô Taniguchi and writer Baku Yumemakura, THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS follows a young Japanese photojournalist, Fukamachi, who finds a camera that could change the history of mountaineering. It leads him to the mysterious Habu, an outcast climber believed missing for years. Fukamachi enters a world of obsessive mountaineers hungry for impossible conquests on a journey that leads him, step by step, towards the summit of the gods.