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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$9.7 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 title is a reference to the concept in Buddhism and ancient Indian cosmology that the world is comprised of nine mountains and eight seas, specifically eight concentric mountain ranges separated by eight seas, with the ninth and tallest mountain, Mount Meru, at the center.[3]

The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize tying with EO.[4] The next year it was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film.[5]

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 Pietro goes on to study but without knowing which life to choose, and Bruno is pushed into construction work by his father. Years later they meet again after Pietro's father dies, 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.[6][7]

Release

The film had its world premiere in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022.[8][9] It had a limited theatrical release in USA by Janus Films on 28 April 2023,[10] in France on 21 December 2022, and in Italy the following day.[11][2]

Reception

Box office

The Eight Mountains grossed $33,323 in North America,[11] and $9.6 million in other territories.[2]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 64 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. 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."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "favorable reviews".[12]

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 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Nine mountains and eight seas". Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ "The 75th Festival de Cannes winners' list". festival-cannes.com. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ "David di Donatello, miglior film "Le Otto Montagne"". Rai News. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ Rosser, Michael (23 February 2021). "Felix van Groeningen to adapt Italian novel 'The Eight Mountains' for Wildside". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Press kit" (PDF). The PR Factory. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "The Eight Mountains". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Le otto montagne (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  12. ^ "The Eight Mountains Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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