The Eight Mountains

The Eight Mountains (Italian: Le otto montagne) is a 2022 Italian-language drama film directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, who 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. It premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, winning the Jury Prize.[1]

The Eight Mountains
Release poster
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
  • 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 21 December 2022 (2022-12-21) (France)
Running time
147 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • France
LanguageItalian
Box office$9.6 million

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.[2][3]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 76%, based on 29 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10.[4] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. Rosser, Michael (23 February 2021). "Felix van Groeningen to adapt Italian novel 'The Eight Mountains' for Wildside". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  3. "Press kit" (PDF). The PR Factory. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  4. "The Eight Mountains". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. "The Eight Mountains Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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