

Ski Peru!
1979-12-01 · 28 min · ★ 10.0
Ski Peru is the story of two skiers’ dream of descending the untamed slopes of Huascaran, although maybe 'Ski Peru and die' would be a more appropriate title given the tragic climax to Peter Chrzanowski’s Peruvian odyssey. Filmed long before today’s adrenaline charged ski videos on heavy 16mm movie cameras there is no heavy rock soundtrack, no helicopters, no roboskiers mainlining powder at Mach 5.0. It is a slow moving film that explores man’s relationship with the mountain and what it is to ski into the unknown.
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- Directors
- Art Makosinski, Peter Chrzanowski
- Production companies
- Pickwauket Films, ONF | NFB
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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Jean-Marc Boivin
Patrick Vallençant
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