Alain Robert, the strongest climber in the world, the only one able to overcome the difficulties of an 8b without ropes. After years of hard training and dangerous climbs to become the best, he discovers, and has the courage to admit, that what really interests him now is to gain the attention of the public. He therefore decides to abandon the cliffs and to climb in the towns where everyone can see him. Chicago, Paris, New York, Brooklyn, Alain Robert keeps everyone in suspense and staring upwards, including the police, following his daring and quick ascent up the walls of a skyscraper or the cables of a suspension bridge.
Director
MICHELE RADICI
Michele Radici is an enthusiastic sportsman, specialising in filming extreme sports and adventures. He has produced various documentaries on flight (aerial acrobatics, hang-gliding and parachute sports), skin diving (potholing and archaeological diving, sharks) and the mountains (women’s free climbing, exploring in Venezuela, extreme skiing) for Canale 5 and the Istituto Luce in Rome. He participated at the Trento Filmfestival in 1986 with "La parete che non c'è” , in 1988 with "The Time Machine" (made with Stefano De Benedetti) and in 1990 with "Face To Face" (made with Anthony Hoffmann). In 1991 he presented "Carnatic: la nave senza volto".
In 2008 he translated an old book written by Bridwell (by now impossible to find) and wrote part of the new book “The Bird” on the life and feats of Jim Bridwell, updated with the latest ascents, together with Giovanni Groaz. In 2009 he produced and directed a split-screen film for the Upper Valdigne on Courmayeur and neighbouring municipalities. In the same year he was a member of the jury at the Trento Film Festival.