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Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2024)

R Jul 26, 2024 Documentary 1h 44m
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User Score
7.6/10
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Overview

A Nepali mountaineer risks everything on a record-breaking Mount Everest climb to secure a brighter future for her daughters.

Lucy Walker
Director

Top Billed Cast

Lhakpa Sherpa
Lhakpa Sherpa

Self
Shiny Dijmarescu
Shiny Dijmarescu

Self
Sunny Dijmarescu
Sunny Dijmarescu

Self

Full Cast & Crew

Media

'Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations
'Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations
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Official Trailer
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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on July 17, 2024

Next time you are in the supermarket, have a look at the staff and imagine that one of them has climbed Mount Everest ten times! That's the story of this illiterate Nepali woman who has struggled to bring up her two daughters, hold together an increasingly violent marriage and then work with her brother at home in Nepal to lead teams of people to the top of the world's highest peak. What's clear from the outset here is she is an immensely grounded and humble woman who has a deep respect for the mountain: she even asks it's permission before ascending (and assumes force eight winds and avalanches is it saying no!). Using her latest attempt in 2018 as the starting point for the story, we are introduced to her daughters - Shiny, who is accompanying her mother on the trip, and the not so aptly...

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