Eight Mountains
The film has mystery and passion, it climbs mountainous heights and rewards you with the opposite of vertigo: a sort of exaltation.
The Eight Mountains
A powerful and soul-warming story of friendship set against some of the most spectacular vistas on earth, The Eight Mountains tells the story of two childhood friends who reunite as adults in the Italian Alps to build a mountainside cottage which becomes a site of both reflection and reconciliation.
Winner of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, the film uses exquisite beauty and grace to trace the life trajectories of two men whose peak moments and low ebb become one with the landscape that has shaped them both.
From directors Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Goreningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown).
Winner of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, the film uses exquisite beauty and grace to trace the life trajectories of two men whose peak moments and low ebb become one with the landscape that has shaped them both.
From directors Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Goreningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown).
Genre
Drama
Runtime
147
Language
Italian
Director
Felix van Groeningen,
Charlotte Vandermeersch
Writer(s)
Paolo Cognetti,
Charlotte Vandermeersch,
Felix van Groeningen
Cast
Luca Marinelli,
Alessandro Borghi
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Pietro, the restless, openhearted city boy who narrates “The Eight Mountains,” a tender story about love and friendship, is 11 years old when the movie begins. By the time he is in his early 30s, he is a man with a full beard and an inconsequential résumé. A sensitive, charismatic melancholic ...
Played at
Glendale 5.12.23 - 5.18.23
Monica Film Center 5.12.23 - 5.25.23
Town Center 5 5.19.23 - 5.25.23
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