The Wall of Shadows
dir. Eliza Kubarska 2020 Poland, Germany, Switzerland 98 min.
2020 – Hot Docs Toronto
Will your gods forgive you the sins committed out of love to your child?
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Ngada Sherpa and his wife Jomdoe from Nepal, break a taboo and climb Kumbhakarna – one of the most holy of mountains, to earn money for their son’s school and save him from a dangerous and degrading work as a porter. The East face of the mountain (7710 m) is one of the most difficult challenges in alpinism today. A group of leading alpinists from the Western world take part in the expedition. The Holy Mountain confronts both the climbers and Sherpas with equal harshness.
