The Summit of the Gods

[Netflix] A gorgeous film that has remarkable technical quality, a beautiful music by Amine Bouhafa, and outstanding visual ideas. But it also contains difficult-to-answer questions about man's need to overcome his limits, the superhuman effort of wanting to reach the highest peaks. An exciting metaphor about the human being and the responsibility of achieving his dreams.

*The Summit of the Gods* is a definite yes for me :white_check_mark: I've always been fascinated by French animation, and this one offered something different with a great message at the end, left me teary-eyed. The art/animation style and soundtrack are great. It features an old-fashioned camera (obscura?); at least I think it's a more compact camera obscura since I've been replaying a Fatal Frame game as of late. :camera: It also reminded me a bit of *Cursed Mountain*, the survival horror game on Wii, that I played and live-streamed on an old streaming site (Ustream) back when the game launched in 2009 and was among the first to upload gameplay footage of it (on YouTube). But yeah, this one pairs nicely with *A Boy Called Christmas*, both are on Netflix. There was also the 2015 *Everest* if you want more like this story and feel (in live-action) starring Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Josh Brolin - the three J's! :sweat_smile: and the 2016 live-action take on the manga that this was based on called *Everest: The Summit of the Gods* :snow_capped_mountain: