Seeking South
Obsession, struggle, endurance: facing demons of the past and finding redemption on the trail.
Seeking South follows trail runner Keisuke Minami as he takes on the fastest-known-time challenge of the Grand Randon茅e 10 (GR10)鈥攁 grueling 914 km journey across the Pyrenees in Southern France, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The route typically takes 45鈥�60 days to complete, but Minami sets out to finish in just over 9 days.
Why would someone willingly endure pain, isolation and total exhaustion? What might keep them running? Minami, whose name means “south” in Japanese, runs across the mountains as the film pursues the story behind his relentless drive.
A story of obsession, resilience and the demons that push us forward, Seeking South聽is an intimate look at the mind of an endurance athlete and the weight of the past he runs to escape鈥攐r embrace.
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