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May 20, 2022 · The Eight Mountains is a sublime saga of male friendship in the high Alps. Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch’s adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s novel tracks two boys’ deepening bond as men apart from society and at one with nature. Cristiano Sassella as Bruno and Lupo Barbiero as Pietro in The Eight Mountains (Le otto ...
The Eight Mountains. The Eight Mountains (Italian: Le otto montagne) is a 2022 drama film co-directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch [nl], 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 ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Alessandro’s latest endeavor, The Eight Mountains, finds him teaming up with masterful writer directors Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen. He also finds himself acting, once again, across from the endlessly talented Luca Marinelli. Together, they deliver some of the best performances of the year.
May 11, 2023 · Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) settles into the groove of raising cows and selling cheese, feeling the tug of ancestral obligation despite tensions with his own father, an itinerant worker.
Apr 23, 2023 · Taking place over three decades, the film charts the ups and downs of the friendship between Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi). Sparingly narrated by Pietro, The Eight Mountains reveals Bruno (played as a child by Cristiano Sassella) to the audience almost as if he were a mythological object, the only child in the fading Italian village of Grana near the Alps.
May 12, 2023 · Starring: Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi. Running Time: 2 hrs 17 mins. A decade ago Felix van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown became a genuine word-of-mouth hit, attracting a cult ...
Apr 28, 2023 · April 28, 2023. 5 min read. The mountains in “The Eight Mountains” are the Italian Alps and the Himalayas, equally beautiful, equally intimidating, and dazzling. They are seen with the eyes of two men who know them very well, feel comfortable climbing up and down the steep slopes, and have absorbed mountain life’s challenges and joys.
