Several movie ticket purchasing sites have experienced technical problems with the sale of tickets for the young man’s documentary, which will be broadcast from September 13.
«You crashed AlloCiné.” Tickets for the film premiere Kaizenwhich tells the story of YouTuber Inoxtag’s ascent of Everest, have been so successful that the purchasing platforms have experienced a series of technical glitches. They were overwhelmed by the crowds when the precious tickets went on sale on Tuesday. Starting with AlloCiné, the only one to be highlighted by the documentary’s official website. The influencer with twenty million subscribers on social networks had fun with it, in a message published on Instagram this Wednesday, September 4: “You have caused the cinema platform sites to crash, we are trying to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.” And to rejoice: “Almost all the theaters are sold out. So… we’re reopening theaters!”»
Inoxtag (real name Inès Benazzouz) announced on August 31 that his film, expected on September 14 on YouTube, would also be shown the day before in theaters, in a long version. Some 500 screenings were initially planned, scheduled in theaters in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. The documentary retraces the adventure of the 22-year-old, who set himself the challenge of climbing Everest in a year, even though he knew neither the techniques nor the codes of mountaineering. No one yet knows whether he succeeded.
In a goodbye video to his fans in early April, viewed nearly eight million times, the native of Levallois-Perret announced that he would disconnect from all his networks for the time it took to complete his climb. Many media outlets are speculating about the success of his challenge. At the end of May, his guide Mathis Dumas published a photo on Instagram taken alongside the influencer, wrapped up in a red jumpsuit under a tent.Back after 2 months of expedition to Everest. We are both in good health” he wrote, without confirming whether they had managed to reach the summit.
While still in high school, Inoxtag launched on YouTube in 2015 by publishing videos dedicated to video games, before diversifying with music videos (“Darling Darling» – 77 million views) or challenges (48H to get out of a bunker – 31 million views). He quickly became popular alongside other young content creators like Michou, with whom he forms the “Team Croûton”. Inoxtag is one of the creators affiliated with the Webedia group, which also includes influencers like Joyca, Just Riadh or Domingo.
