Driving by his deep will of bringing glory and honor to his country, Heinrich Harrer, an Australian courageous and ambitious climber, who left his wife and son, in order to climb the Himalaya, where he has been arrested during the World War II, but he manages to escape.
Part road picture, part epic, and part spiritual journey, Seven Years in Tibet is a beautiful film with a story so typical-yet-unusual that it could only have come from autobiography.
Pitt is smiling, taking his shirt off, brushing his blond locks with his hands, striking poses against the picturesque scenery--in short, being Brad Pitt.
One of the season's more substantial large-scale entertainments, using colorful storytelling and Pitt's appealing presence to spotlight an imperialistic event that continues to cry for correction.