An impeccable technical quality for a 77 film, especially in light of the adversity and difficulty of shooting in extreme snow, a wonderful context, a divine approach, the performance of partisans from the extinct USSR, in the 2nd war, lyrical, suffered, poetic, beautiful , freezing... Larisa Shepitko died young, left this beautiful work, which she produced while pregnant and generated numerous awards, such as the Golden Bear, but what a movie, a deep debate about the best and worst of human beings in their extremes...
Review of The Ascent
