Acting
Mirella Vescovi Tenderini
Born
1935-01-01 (91)
Place of birth
Milano, Italy
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Mirella Vescovi was born in Milan in 1935. She started hiking and climbing at a very young age. In 1961, she married Luciano Tenderini and left a post as a civil servant at the European Community in Brussels to manage refuges with him in various places in the Alps. In 1974 Mirella Tenderini began dealing with art books at Electa and other publishers and in 1982 she founded an international literary agency for art and photographic books. During this period, she takes care of the foreign editions of Walter Bonatti's photographic books, accompanies him in presentations and assists him as an interpreter and translator in his conferences, and begins her activity as Italian correspondent for "Mou…
Known for
10.0In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties of climbers decided to come together to attempt to open a new route. Four days of violent storms caught the climbers just 80 metres from the summit. Of the seven climbers, only three returned home. One of the most intense and dramatic events in the history of climbing relives on the big screen, thanks to accounts and images of the feat.
Grimpeurs
2015
10.0In October 2010, two of France's top mountaineers, Christophe Dumarest and Yann Borgnet, fulfilled a mountaineer's dream: a six-day alpine-style ascent of Walter Bonatti's great routes through the Mont Blanc massif. Dumarest and Borgnet first climbed the north face of the Grandes Jorasses; they then climbed the Grand Capucin and the Pilier Rouge du Brouillard, completing their feat with the ascent of Mont Blanc. Their paragliding descent in Chamonix completes their feat with a touch of fun. The climbers and the director made the ethical choice not to use helicopters to shoot the film.
La Voie Bonatti
2011
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
10.0In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties of climbers decided to come together to attempt to open a new route. Four days of violent storms caught the climbers just 80 metres from the summit. Of the seven climbers, only three returned home. One of the most intense and dramatic events in the history of climbing relives on the big screen, thanks to accounts and images of the feat.
Grimpeurs
2015
10.0In October 2010, two of France's top mountaineers, Christophe Dumarest and Yann Borgnet, fulfilled a mountaineer's dream: a six-day alpine-style ascent of Walter Bonatti's great routes through the Mont Blanc massif. Dumarest and Borgnet first climbed the north face of the Grandes Jorasses; they then climbed the Grand Capucin and the Pilier Rouge du Brouillard, completing their feat with the ascent of Mont Blanc. Their paragliding descent in Chamonix completes their feat with a touch of fun. The climbers and the director made the ethical choice not to use helicopters to shoot the film.
La Voie Bonatti
2011