Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond, until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancee. The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships.
Michael Angelo Covino (????) is a filmmaker, producer and actor. He has directed the short films One Night Stand (2007), The Liberation of Teddy Wendin (2008), Surprise Surprise (2010) and The Climb (2018), which premiered at the Sundance Festival and on which his first feature, with the same title, is based. In 2017 he produced Hunter Gather, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the South by Southwest festival and a nominee for the Cassavetes Award. He also produced Keep in Touch (2015), which he co-wrote and acted in, Babysitter (2015), screened at South by Southwest and Kicks, premiered at the Tribeca Festival in 2016. The Climb was presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the last Cannes Festival.