Few Words

Few Words

2012, Biography  -   7 Comments
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The life and career of championship freestyle skier Candide Thovex take center stage in Few Words, a fascinating personality profile that features snow-capped visual landscapes of indescribable beauty.

"Candide was like an extra-terrestrial," says one early supporter of Thovex. Indeed, his daredevil proclivities emerged at a young age. Friends and family members testify to his constants feats of physical daring, his formidable athletic prowess and an affinity for the sport of skiing which first gripped him at the age of 2.

Wanting to test and expand the limits of traditional skiing, he found himself in the company of freestyle snowboarders, forged a brotherhood with them, and eventually integrated their sporting techniques into his own. His unique style set him apart as he travelled the competition circuit as a reigning champion. He quickly earned the respect of his peers and elders as they looked upon his displays of nearly superhuman skill with great awe.

The aspect of the film that stands out most is its visual palette. The film is littered with astonishing imagery as Thovex scales and descends perilously steep slopes, hangs mid-air in a state of floating grace, and lands with great precision amongst billowing clouds of white powder. Home movies and professional television footage further illustrate the seminal accomplishments throughout his career, including his competitive efforts at the Winter X Games and the 2010 Red Bull Linecatcher event in Vars, France.

Viewers also witness one of the defining heartbreaks of Thovex's life. In 2007, during an invitational event he hosted with his fellow sportsmen, he stumbled his landing off a huge peak known as Big Bertha. The accident left him with a badly fractured spine, though he narrowly evaded serious neurological damage. Colleagues worried over the severity of his injuries, and doubted he could return to the sport he loved. Ultimately, however, this brush with defeat only strengthened his resolve. Following a period of grueling physical therapy and rehabilitation, he soon returned to the slopes and pushed himself to greater acclaim than ever before.

Few Words is a tribute to the unquenchable spirit of the athlete, and the overwhelmingly beautiful terrain in which they compete.

Directed by: Matt Pain

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Jude
Jude
1 year ago

Breathtaking!! I need to get up and move after that. Just Wow.

Solatle
Solatle
3 years ago

Superman! What an inspiration!!

Jobe
Jobe
6 years ago

Pushing the limit of excellence and looking destiny in the face by controlling every iota of its possible take over valiantly defeating it and accepting an invincible godlike manifestation in his perfection and thorough understanding of his capabilities to handle all snow turfs, matching his soul to the body of spiritual inevitability, conquering the majesty of improbable things.

Vladimir
Vladimir
7 years ago

My best wishes to superhuman freestyle skiers.They are real extra-terrestrials making such superhuman perilous jumping. When watching that film blood is boiling inside of my veins.
Very enchanting and thrilling.

jerry kays
jerry kays
7 years ago

Spellbinding!

Marian Paronyan
Marian Paronyan
7 years ago

When I watched this documentary I felt that i was in a presence of Greatness.

Gerasimos Kambites
Gerasimos Kambites
7 years ago

amazing!