Le otto montagne
Cinematography:
Ruben ImpensComposer:
Daniel NorgrenCast:
Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Lupo Barbiero, Cristiano Sassella, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Andrea Palma, Surakshya Panta (more)Plots(1)
Summer 1984, a secluded alpine village in the Aosta Valley. Holidaying with his mother (Elena Lietti) and father (Filippo Timi), 11-year-old Pietro befriends Bruno, the local son of a stonemason, and the two spend an idyllic vacation together. But when Pietro’s well-meaning but impetuous dad suggests that Bruno return to Turin with them so that he can receive a proper education, he inadvertently drives a wedge between the boys.
In adulthood, their paths intertwine again: the estranged Pietro (Martin Eden’s Luca Marinelli) is drawn back to the valley - a place that Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) has never left - and as the two set about building a mountain cabin, they begin to bridge a crevasse of emotional distance and reconcile the wounds and regrets of the past...
(Palace Films)
Reviews (2)
The most boring characters, dialogue and, in general, story that you can see in a movie from the mountains. In a movie from the mountains emasculatingly shot in 4:3 format.
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A bit kitsch (which is not unusual with van Groeningen), but in this particular case I don't mind it. Visually gorgeous, with an image format that gives it a pleasantly retro analogue feel. If the voiceover of the adult Pietro had been reduced or completely disappeared, the film would have been at least ten percent better. Despite the relatively exorbitant runtime, I was not bored, which I appreciate with a weak four. (56th KVIFF)
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