The subject of this thesis is to analyze formal and symbolic relationship being liable to form into gender the specific movies that we call " ascent movies." This will to highlight a narrative structure closer that led us to question us about the notion of genre, its characteristics, its relevance, its limits. The Situations of hybridization with genders such as melodrama, thriller, spy movie, for example, are also discussed. The peculiarity of "ascent movie" invited us to examine the socio-historical contexts that favored his birth and his sustainability despite the disappearance of its historical avatar that is the Bergfilm. On the other hand, the social function of ascent movie has required that we consider her symbolic dimension and his underlying mythical spring that as well as her possible appropriateness with values representing the social imaginary of eras that he has come down through. At last, are addressed the issues raised by the evolution, in the context of the new understanding of nature and natural areas, of a genre closely related to the perception of the high mountain.
