Always Alive (2024)

Living in Chamonix means watching Mont Blanc all the time. It's such an iconic peak'. For several years now, athlete Hillary Gerardi has been shining on the podiums of the biggest trail races, but her sights are set on high altitude. The victim of a terrible accident a few years ago, she questioned her legitimacy as a mountaineer in order to take on the most prestigious mountain race record. The round trip from the church in Chamonix, the capital of mountaineering, to the summit of Mont Blanc. In secret, Hillary has devoted the last three years to this meticulous preparation, but that was without counting on the vagaries of the weather, which are far less controllable than her own determination... On the eve of the International Year of Glacier Preservation 2025 (UNESCO), this inspiring film harmoniously combines the sporting achievement of Hillary's record with a speech by glaciologist Heidi Selvestre to raise awareness of the importance of glaciers.