SOLITAIRE -SWEETGRASS PRODUCTIONS-


【A Backcountry Skiing, Snowboarding, and Telemark Film】
In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent. Venturing beyond the frontiers of most mountain films, Solitaire is backcountry skiing forged in the tradition of Western cinema. Born in the spires of Argentina’s legendary Las Lenas, a lonely two-year journey begins through an abandoned world, wandering the length of a continent from Peru’s Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia.
Lost in the winds of snowbound badlands and the blizzards of primordial forests; seen from a horse’s saddle and a paraglider’s wings; ridden on ski and board and telemark...
Solitaire fuses western-inspired tales of backcountry gambles into landscapes never before visited on film.

【Episode IV】 "On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South American backcountry ski and snowboarding film "Solitaire." New episodes will be released on the third week of every month. Low Tide: The Sweetgrass family lands in Las Lenas, Argentina, for several weeks of fending off women, beef, and various strains of the common cold in hopes of actually making some turns on snow. 【Episode III】 The Raptor: After the chaos of Huaraz, the crew escapes the city with plans to paraglide over the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca with cameras in hand. At 18,000 feet, it's never simple. 【Episode II】 In the Cradle of the Cordillera. En route to the 20,000 foot peaks of Peru, the crew lands in Huaraz, and a new film is born in the chaos of textures, sounds, smells, and people. 【Episode I】 introduces Solitaire and some of the landscapes the crew encountered in their first season of filming in the snowbound badlands of the Southern Hemisphere. In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent.

SOLITAIRE http://www.sweetgrass-productions.com/solitaire.html Sweetgrass Productions Japan 宮崎 祐樹（みやざき ゆうき） Sweetgrass Japan代表/ディレクター。新潟県出身。 高校からアメリカに渡り、コロラドの大学を卒業。 大学在学中にバックカントリーの世界にのめり込み、仲間たちと映像プロダクションSweetgrass Productionsをコロラドに設立。 現在、日本ブランチの活動を総括する。 http://www.sweetgrass-productions.com/