David Farnor | On 23, Oct 2021

“Walking, climbing, ever higher. For what?” That’s the question at the centre of the breathtaking trailer for new animation The Summit of the Gods.

The film, which is directed by Patrick Imbert (The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales), is based on Jiro Taniguchi’s and Baku Yumemakura’s best selling manga.

Were George Mallory and his companion Andrew Irvine the first men to scale Everest on June 8th, 1924? Only the little Kodak camera they took with them might reveal the truth. In Kathmandu, 70 years later, a young Japanese reporter named Fukamachi recognizes the camera in the hands of the mysterious Habu Jôji, 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.

Written by Magali Pouzol, Patrick Imbert and Jean-Charles Ostorero, and produced by Jean-Charles Ostorero, Didier Brunner (The Triplets of Belleville, Ernest & Celestine), Damien Brunner and Stéphan Roelants, the film premiered earlier this year in Cannes where it was part of the festival’s 2021 Official Selection.

Netflix acquired the worldwide rights (excluding, France, Benelux, China, Japan, Korea) in August, and now, it’s confirmed when it will be releasing the film to the world: it will be shown in select UK cinemas on 26th November, before streaming worldwide on 30th November. Here’s the trailer:

 

The Summit of the Gods is available on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.

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