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The Wall: Climb for Gold

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2022 · 95 min Documentary
8.5 / 10 · TMDB

Four female climbers face the sporting challenge of a lifetime as they attempt to compete in the first ever Olympic climbing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Wall: Climb for Gold follows four elite climbers, Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou, and Miho Nonaka, over an extraordinary two years. They battle through Olympic qualifying events to earn their place at Tokyo, then face a gruelling season of competition and training that sees everything put on hold when the Covid-19 pandemic forces the Games to be postponed. As the young women confront their own mental and physical demons en-route to Tokyo, the film reveals an astonishing and inspiring insight into what it takes to be an Olympian and ultimately what it means to be human.

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Year 2022
Country United Kingdom
Genre Documentary
Director Nick Hardie
Runtime 95 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.5/10 (6 votes)

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Director Nicole Borgmann shifts the focus from mere athletic scores to the profound human stories behind them. Competition footage serves as a frame for exploring the climbers' inner worlds—their drive, fears, and raw vulnerability.

What lingers after the final credits is not just the memory of gravity-defying ascents, but the quiet realization of the immense psychological toll behind every medal. It's a testament to the fact that even superhumans shed tears, and that makes their triumphs genuinely moving. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Nick Hardie

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The tense hush before a climb, the chalk-dust air, close-ups of battered fingertips, and flashes of joy through exhaustion.

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