Up to 55 degrees - that's how steep the faces are that 26-year-old Jérémie Heitz boards down on mountains in Switzerland and France. Do you find it hard to imagine a 55-degree incline? Ok, then just imagine a vertical wall. Steepness never really comes across in photos or videos. It always looks more harmless than when you're standing on the slope yourself - most people know that from their own experience. However, the makers of "La Liste" have succeeded in projecting the steepness of the slopes onto the screen. In particular, the perspective of Jérémie Heitz's helmet camera or shots of mountains opposite impressively illustrate how steep the terrain is in which Heitz seemingly playfully makes his turns in the snow.
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Movie review | La Liste - Timeline Missions
A new chapter in steep face skiing?
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Jérémie Heitz
For the film "La Liste", Swiss freeskier Jérémie Heitz set himself an ambitious goal: Within two years, he wanted to conquer 15 of the most impressive steep slopes in the Alps on skis - at a speed that would make him a pioneer.
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Jérémie Heitz
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Jérémie Heitz
The supersonic skier
Jérémie Heitz makes no secret of the fact that even for him as a professional, skiing down almost vertical slopes is anything but a walk in the park. The fear comes with it. It makes your blood run cold when you see the speed at which he boards down the extremely steep slopes. Thanks to well over 100 km/h on steep faces of over 50 degrees, he has a new nickname: The supersonic flyer. The fact that mistakes can have fatal consequences under such conditions is not concealed in the film. Jérémie Heitz slips on a slab of ice, loses a ski and plunges into the depths. Not much would have been missing and the film would not have had a happy ending.
It is a new chapter of steep face skiing that Jérémie Heitz opens in "La Liste". He is admired and praised by his companions who have their say in the film - for his riding skills, but also for the mental strength it takes to conquer such walls. In the film, Jérémie Heitz passes on the laurels to the pioneers of steep face skiing. With clips from times long past, he pays tribute to legends such as André "Dédé" Anzévui and Sylvain Saudan, who ventured onto the walls several decades ago when ski suits were still neon-colored and skis were made of wood.
With "La Liste", the makers have created a fascinating, visually stunning work. You can't help but root for Jérémie Heitz, fear for his health, suffer when he is condemned to wait because the weather isn't playing ball again and cheer when he is able to tick another mountain off his list. In the end, it's 11 out of 15.
On November 19, "La List" will be streamed for free on Red Bull TV.
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