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DocumentaryYear2019Duration1h 16mIMDb7.2

This Mountain Life

DocumentaryAdventure

Few venture into true mountain wilderness. A riveting portrait of human passion set high in the peaks of British Columbia, Canada.

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Cast

Grant Baldwin

Director

SB

Simon Beck

Self

MH

Martina Halik

Self

TH

Tania Halik

Self

Barry Blanchard

Self

JK

Janina Kuzma

Self

IB

Ian Bezubiak

Self

TW

Todd Weselake

Self

MT

Marie Tersidis

Self

CR

Claire Rolf

Self

EM

Elizabeth Marie

Self

BT

Bernhard Thor

Self

MT

Mary Thor

Self

Grant Baldwin

Writer

Jenny Rustemeyer

Writer

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10 Comments

5ishurMay 29, 2023

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user1408244541258May 29, 2023

BTS ✨May 23, 2023

Wonderful picture filmed with an eye focused on the human spirit and the lens anchored on the beauty of Nature. A must see for anyone with a romantic heart.

ZOLCHE SIDIBE 😎May 23, 2023

This movie is majestic. Especially if you watch it next to Kevin Yangas!!!

oumeyma 🐼May 23, 2023

It was very enjoyable and exciting to watch. The scenery and photography was amazing and the music really brought it home for me. I would have liked to see the count of the days/months of the mother-daughter trip as a headline when we were seeing that story unfold. Bonus point the graphics when they cross over to Alaska.

Raja kobayMay 23, 2023

I had the good luck to see this a couple of weeks ahead of its general release at one of our local art cinema theaters. I went in naturally expecting to be treated to stunning mountain scenery from one of the finest such areas in the whole world (western British Columbia). It delivers. The photography is superb and you can spend the whole 1:20 run time just letting those breathtaking vistas soak in one after the other. What I didn't quite anticipate though was the time spent on some storylines about a few unusual people who have gone beyond just looking at scenery and moved all the way out to inhabit it and embrace the isolation. (Although it's hard to decide which is the better way to say it: are they moving "out" away from so-called civilization, or "in" to the deep, vast world of pure nature?) The central spine of the narrative is a mother and (adult) daughter who spend an astonishing 6 months hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing along the coastal mountains from north Vancouver to Skagway, a journey of 1400 km (almost a thousand miles, and that's just the straight-line distance. If you add up along the winding path they had to follow to avoid rivers, peaks, and other geographical barriers, it was a lot more.). Except for an occasional food drop, they were completely on their own and out of contact with the rest of the world. We also get to drop in on (among others) an eccentric old sculptor who with his very tolerant wife lives a hermit-like existence to concentrate on his art. And the very first section of the film shows us a "snow artist" at work on an immense snow-covered mountain slope. What he does is so amazing that I'm not going to take away any of the surprise -- just go and see it. By the way, for a fictional version of this type of person -- individuals who are far more at home in the most extreme isolation than in the crowding and relentless clamor of urban life -- see "Leave No Trace", which is also a lovely and deeply personal exploration of what drives such rare people. When This Mountain Life was showing the mother and daughter, I did however keep wondering "who's filming them??" They obviously did some of their own photography, but there are several long shots where we see them travelling along across glaciers, rivers, snowfields and so on. I guess they got some filming done here and there by a pilot/photographer/whoever. Whoever that was should have been highlighted better in the credits. Anyway, go and enjoy!

DJ SADIC 🦁May 23, 2023

Born in a mountain BC town I love the emotions you've given me. I can only imagine what went into this but to all involved I cannot express how much I enjoyed this. This is the epitome of beautiful film and time well spent.

Mark AngelMar 14, 2023

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🌸BipNa pathak🌸Nov 22, 2022

It was very enjoyable and exciting to watch. The scenery and photography was amazing and the music really brought it home for me. I would have liked to see the count of the days/months of the mother-daughter trip as a headline when we were seeing that story unfold. Bonus point the graphics when they cross over to Alaska.

Lesly Cyrus MinkueNov 22, 2022

Wonderful picture filmed with an eye focused on the human spirit and the lens anchored on the beauty of Nature. A must see for anyone with a romantic heart.

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