From communist East Berlin to the streets of Athens and from the Parisian skyscrapers to the Norwegian fjords, Exile Room lives dangerously, drawing inspiration from a visionary group of people who decided to defy the laws of man and nature.
Marten Persiel chronicles the adventurous lives of a handful of wild young men who dared to start their own revolution against the oppressive system, introducing skateboarding culture into East Berlin and conquering the streets (and sidewalks) of a country that deeply distrusted western influences.
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What does skateboarding in Athens really mean? How do Athenians react at the site of a speeding board? What are the hot spots around town? What’s a typical day like for a skateboarder living in the Greek capital? It took revered skating videographer Kostas Mandylas 2 1/2 years to provide his own answers to these questions with a breathtaking documentary that takes an in-depth look at the local skateboarding scene.
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Born and raised in the French Alps, the self-taught filmmaker Sébastien Montaz-Rosset puts his experience with extreme sports to good use, making a film that could very well be called “Vertigo”! His main characters, trail-blazers like Tancrède and Julien, take highlining – a vertiginous combination of climbing, slackline and tightrope walking – to new heights, from Parisian skyscrapers and the Verdon gorge to the spectacular cliffs and fjords of Norway.
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