71-year-old French climbing legend roasts modern climbers while scaling cliffs barefoot.
Georges Livanos, nicknamed the Greek but pure child of Marseille, amateur mountaineer, opened more than 500 routes in the Calanques, 40 in the Dolomites, and repeated many of the greatest routes in the Alps in the company of the best climbers of his time, d friends, and especially his wife Sonia. He is also the author of the classic "Beyond the vertical". This report follows for a day the legend, still 71 years old, of his apartment in the Marseille city in the Calanques. As a true Provençal, he speaks without filter of the exploits that made him famous, gives his opinion on modern climbing and on life in general: the portrait of a great climber and above all of a fascinating character with a sense of humor sharp.
Acting
Livanos's unfiltered Provençal charisma carries every frame.
Cinematography
Stunning Calanques limestone glowing in Mediterranean light.
Direction
Afanassieff lets his subject breathe and bluster naturally.
Director
Jean Afanassieff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'goat climber' epithet refers to Marseille's 'chèvres,' working-class climbers who pioneered technical free climbing in the Calanques limestone starting in the 1940s.
Patrick Edlinger appears briefly—he became the face of 1980s sport climbing and died in 2012, making this a rare document of two eras colliding.
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