Am Limit

Spectacularly filmed “action” climbing on El Capitan and a short trip to Cerro Torre in Patagonia. These climbing delicacies are interspersed with interviews with the Huber brothers right in the filmed locations. The brothers speak about their passion for climbing, the need to achieve what they set out to do, the fear they have to overcome, and especially their relationship with each other – the struggles and rivalries that they have to battle constantly and their codependency. There is also an interview with their mother, who reminds one of them that he has a wife and a small child at home... The film only lets these people talk, without any hint of documentary reflection that we know from the more complex and deeper films of Werner Herzog. But fans of this sport and mountains in general will be happy for its very existence. You won’t see similar shots from El Capitan anywhere else. It would look great in IMAX. (17.01.2010)