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'Behind the Mist' Review: Ecuador's Oscar Entry on Mountaineering
VarietyStory by Siddhant Adlakha
scrn logline
Ecuador's Oscar entry 'Behind the Mist' offers an intimate, lo-fi look at the spiritual parallels of mountaineering and filmmaking.
beat sheet
- Directed by Sebastián Cordero, the documentary explores scaling Mount Everest through a haunting, visually-textured lens
- Cordero's twinning of the two endeavors reveals unexpected similarities, as the film's gritty aesthetic emerges out of necessity on the treacherous mountain
call sheet
Sebastián Cordero, 'Behind the Mist'