\n\tThe other mountaineer credited with being the first reached the fabled Everest\u2019s peak in 1953 is Tenzing Noirgay (Genden Phuntsok<\/a>), the gifted Sherpa who \u201cknows the mountain better than anyone\u201d and \u201cnever stopped thinking about it,\u201d even as a boy. He, Hillary and Hunt were among the British expeditioners who\u2019d attempted to scale the Himalayan peak since the 1930s, and the movie chronicles their harrowing success two decades later.<\/p>\n \n\tPer the thriller\u2019s logline, Tenzing, encouraged by his wife Dawa (Thinley Lhamo), finds an ally in expedition secretary Jill Henderson (Caitr\u00edona Balfe). Together, they convince Hunt that the Sherpa belongs on the British climbing team, rather than merely serving it. Where Western climbers see \u201cEverest\u201d as something to be conquered, Tenzing reveres \u201cChomolungma\u201d as the sacred mother goddess. Their ensuing ascent is defined as much by the tensions between backgrounds, classes and competing ambitions as by the perils of the mountain itself. But high above the world, empire, rank and aspiration fall away, leaving two outsiders bound by mutual respect and trust \u2014 and for Tenzing, the fulfillment of both a lifelong dream and a spiritual calling.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Telluride Film Festival 2026: Read All Of Deadline\u2019s Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tThe pic hails from Australian director Jennifer Peedom, who also also helmed the BAFTA-nominated 2015 documentary Sherpa. The year before, she had been working on a doc about the Sherpas of Mount Everest when a massive avalanche hit the mountain and killed 16 of the Tibetan mountain guides.<\/p>\n \n\tTenzing premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this month, is screening at Toronto and will open the Zurixch Film Festival<\/a> on September 24. The pic hits theaters on October 9 and will start streaming on Apple TV<\/a> a week later. Here is the film\u2019s poster:<\/p>\n
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