In transhumance on the high plateaus of the Moroccan Atlas

Altitude connects them. From the glaciers of the Andes to the peaks of the Himalayas, through the Alps and the high plateaus of the Atlas, the mountain has transformed their destinies. They are activists, shepherds, guides or scientists. They are pious, curious, passionate or solitary. They want to change their lives or change the world. Or simply live by sharing their definition of happiness.

All of them are ordinary people who were not meant to climb peaks. They found themselves up there, almost by chance. Because their convictions pushed them towards the mountain, far from attempts at conquest or sporting exploits.

Their true stories bear witness to singular ascents, but above all to a long path towards their intimate quests, and pose a universal question: “What is our mountain?”

This is the common thread of Louise Thaller’s documentary. This film, made with her partner Stanislas Giroux, is called Altitudes. For 4 years, our adventurer went to meet people who live in the mountains, from the glaciers of the Andes to the peaks of the Himalayas, via the Alps. And on the high plateaus of the Atlas, she shared the daily life of Ibrahim, a Moroccan nomadic shepherd. A tradition that is tending to disappear.