Whether it is Mont Ventoux or Everest, Olympus or Mount Doom, we have always been fascinated by mountains, both in fiction and in reality. "What is this strange force that drives us upward - this sirens song of the summum?" author Robert Macfarlane wonders. Fascinated by the place mountains occupy in our society, he wrote the commentary on this wonderful film. Besides a philosophical investigation into the metaphorical and sociological significance of mountains, Mountain is also a unique cinematographic registration of what mountaineering entails, including all the dangers. Using an arsenal of helicopters and drones we follow various mountain climbs, close enough to smell the sweat and feel the palpitations. An absolute spectacle that was made for the big screen. And who else but Willem Dafoe could provide these majestic images with a proper voice-over?