Maurice Baquet was a musician of the highest caliber, a member of the Groupe Octobre, a fantasist, a stage performer, a film actor, a mountaineer and a skier. In fact, he once described himself as a "cellist-skier", "all alone" in this category, prompting world champion skier James Couttet to say: "Of all the skiers I know, he's the best cellist"; echoing this, André Navarra, Professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur, went one better: "Of all the cellists I know, he's the best skier". To talk about Maurice and all his adventures, who better than his alter-ego: Cérébos, the faithful cello that never left his side. From Paris to Chamonix, from theater stages to granite slabs and snowy slopes, we follow Cérébos, cross the century and, above all... smile!
Language: French, English
Subtitles: Italian
Director
Gilles Chappaz
Born in 1953 in Chamoniard, France; he is a journalist, ski instructor and member of the Higher Council of Mountain Sports. He works as a film producer for Migoo Productions, which specialises in making mountain films. As a director, he has made a host of documentaries and films about skiing and the mountains.
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