Une Femme Qui Part
Une Femme Qui Part
Forbidden Pilgrimage
Ellen Vermeulen
Belgium / 2024 / 82'
Une Femme Qui Part
Forbidden Pilgrimage
Ellen Vermeulen
Belgium / 2024 / 82'

Marie-Louise Chapelle was the first French woman to reach an unclimbed peak in the Himalayas in 1952. Chapelle led a double life, being a mother for six months a year and braving unclimbed mountains the other six. Seventy years later, Ellen Vermeulen repeats this difficult climb. A film about limits and the complexity of being a woman mountaineer.

Screenings

Une Femme Qui Part is part of this program:

27/04/2026
21:00
Multisala Modena — Sala 3
Available
from 08 April
02/05/2026
15:00
Supercinema Vittoria
Available
from 08 April

Director

Ellen Vermeulen

Ellen Vermeulen (b. 1982) is a filmmaker, researcher, and teacher. Her work is characterized by a critical gaze and an in-depth exploration of social structures. Among her works 9999 (2014), about internment in the Merksplas prison and CATCH-19TO25 (2016), shot at the Reno refugee platform.

Gallery

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