africa,free climbing,mali,escalade,mountain documentary,french climbers,solo climbing,catherine destivelle,goat climber,arrampicata,bandiagara,dogon

Séo! (1987)

Poster for Séo!

The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacular free solo rock climbing ascents in the sun-warmed cliffs of Bandiagara. Destivelle is accompanied on this trip by a friend climber, Lucien Abbet. A film by Pierre-Antoine Hiroz produced in 1987 by Paradoxe and also featuring Tidjani Koné, Ibrahim Dolo, and the Dogon inhabitants of the Bandiagara Escarpment. The film won the Genziana D'argento for best free climbing film at the Trento Film Festival in 1987.

Cast & Crew

Director
Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
  • Profile picture of Catherine Destivelle
    Self Catherine Destivelle
  • Profile picture of Lucien Abbet
    Self Lucien Abbet
  • Profile picture of Tidiani Koné
    Self Tidiani Koné

Keywords

  • africa
  • free climbing
  • mali
  • escalade
  • mountain documentary
  • french climbers
  • solo climbing
  • catherine destivelle
  • goat climber
  • arrampicata
  • bandiagara
  • dogon