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The Eight Mountains
Release poster
ItalianLe otto montagne
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Felix van Groeningen
  • Charlotte Vandermeersch
Based onLe otto montagne
by Paolo Cognetti
Produced by
  • Mario Gianani
  • Lorenzo Gangarossa
Starring
CinematographyRuben Impens
Edited byNico Leunen
Music byDaniel Norgren
Production
companies
  • Wildside
  • Rufus
  • Menuetto
  • Pyramide Productions
  • Vision Distribution
Distributed by
  • Vision Distribution (Italy)
  • Kinepolis Film Distribution (Belgium)
  • Pyramide Films (France)
Release dates
  • 18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) (Belgium)
  • 21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) (France)
  • 22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) (Italy)
Running time
147 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • France
LanguageItalian
Box office$9.6 million[2]

The Eight Mountains (Template:Lang-it) is a 2022 Italian drama film co-directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, who co-adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti. The film depicts a friendship between two men who spend their childhood together in a remote Alpine village and reconnect later as adults.

The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize tying with EO.[3]

Plot

The movie starts when a city boy, Pietro, goes on holiday to the mountains with his parents. The village they stay at is dying out, only one child remains, another boy of similar age, Bruno, who has to work in the farm already. The story continues after one goes on to study but without knowing which life to choose, and the other is pushed into construction work by his father. Years later they meet again after the father of Pietro died, and turns out to have left him a collapsed shelter in the high mountains near their old holiday retreat, and a hidden past.

Cast

  • Luca Marinelli as Pietro
    • Lupo Barbiero as young Pietro
    • Andrea Palma as adolescent Pietro
  • Alessandro Borghi as Bruno
    • Cristiano Sassella as young Bruno
    • Francesco Palombelli as adolescent Bruno
  • Filippo Timi as Giovanni
  • Elena Lietti as Francesca
  • Elisabetta Mazzullo as Lara
  • Surakshya Panta as Asmi

Production

The film was shot in the Italian Alps, Turin, and Nepal over seven months, beginning in the summer of 2021.[4][5]

Release

The film had its world premiere in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022.[6][7] It had a limited theatrical release in USA by Janus Films on 28 April 2023,[8] in France on 21 December 2022, and in Italy the following day.[9][2]

Reception

Box office

The Eight Mountains grossed $0 in North America,[9] and $9.6 million in other territories.[2]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 46 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Patient, profound and sometimes a bit ponderous, The Eight Mountains reaches breathtaking peaks in its careful observance of an intimate friendship."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "favorable reviews".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Eight Mountains". Irish Film Classification Office. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "The Eight Mountains (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The 75th Festival de Cannes winners' list". festival-cannes.com. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ Rosser, Michael (23 February 2021). "Felix van Groeningen to adapt Italian novel 'The Eight Mountains' for Wildside". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Press kit" (PDF). The PR Factory. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Le Otto Montagne, Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch at the heart of an unswerving friendship". festival-cannes.com. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (12 May 2022). "'The Eight Mountains' Directors Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch Discuss Cannes Competition Title, Debut Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b "The Eight Mountains". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Le otto montagne (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  10. ^ "The Eight Mountains Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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