The Summit of the Gods

Patrick Imbert·90 min

A photographer becomes obsessed with Habu, a near-mythic solitary climber, and with a camera that might prove who first summited Everest. Imbert adapts Taniguchi's manga in a clean, restrained hand-drawn style that treats the mountain as a serious question.

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