Ascent

2016

1h 20m

Drama

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6 Reviews

Using photographs from the last 150 years, an English woman and her deceased Japanese partner ascend Mount Fuji.

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Exerts fascination with its haunting imagery of what it informs us is still an active volcano that may well erupt again (the last time was in the 1700s).

Jun 8, 2017

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Serena Donadoni

Village Voice

This portrait of a mountain offers a way of seeing something immense through fragments, the captured experience of walking its surface or seeing the snowcapped peak in the distance equally awesome.

Jun 7, 2017

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Ultimately, "Ascent" is a genuinely poetic portrait of a place, and various people's relation to it.

Jun 6, 2017

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Contemplation of memories figure into Ascent greatly. And you can easily see the traces of Chris Marker and Alain Resnais in Tan's approach, both technically and thematically...

Jul 17, 2020

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

[N]arration veers between oblique and pretentious, sometimes landing squarely on both.

Jun 7, 2017

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Disappointing. Not a film but a slideshow with narration. left the theater after a boring hour. A "film" made by still photos with recorded voices in the background is something I wish I knew in advance. The Plot Summary does not give any clue regarding the idea that this is not a movie but a slide show.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Fiona Tan

Director

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroshi

Fiona Tan

Screenwriter

Fiona Tan

Producer

Leo Anemaet

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Hugo Dijkstal

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Synopsis

Using photographs from the last 150 years, an English woman and her deceased Japanese partner ascend Mount Fuji.

Director: Fiona Tan
Screenwriter: Fiona Tan
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m