• Director(s):

    DECOMBES (EMMANUEL), ALLEGRA (Cécile)

  • Producer(s):

    SYSTEM TV, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Spanish, French, Polish

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

La Grave in the Hautes Alpes region, has one of the vastest free-ride zones in Europe, and is a mecca for off-piste and extreme skiers from around the world. 

The inhabitants were for a long time cut off from the outside world, and struggled to make a living in the harsh conditions, living with just a few animals and some small fields cleared from among the rocks. The construction of the Lautaret road in 1881 finally provided access, and enabled La Grave to develop, but the village would not be what it is today without the cable car which carries skiers to an altitude of 3600 metres in winter, to ski in total freedom. La Grave is therefore a combination of an old-style village, and a new-style leisure centre…