While the snow leopard is the ultimate goal, the film captures rare footage of other high-plateau inhabitants, including: Shaggy Tibetan yaks and antelopes. The elusive, grumpy-looking Pallas's cat . Families of bears and packs of wolves.

Munier, a renowned nature photographer, guides Tesson through unexplored valleys and peaks reaching 6,000 meters in search of one of the world's most elusive predators: the snow leopard .

After days of scanning empty rock formations, the two finally encounter the "spirit of the mountain," a moment presented not as a spectacle but as a quiet, spiritual revelation. Key Details Directors: Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier.

The film won the César Award for Best Documentary Film in 2022.

For several weeks, the duo endures subzero temperatures and arduous treks. Their journey is narrated by Tesson, whose philosophical musings ponder humanity's place in the natural world and our disconnect from it.