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.[1]
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Based on | Le otto montagne by Paolo Cognetti |
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Cinematography | Ruben Impens |
Edited by | Nico Leunen |
Music by | Daniel Norgren |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
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Language | Italian |
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The film was shot in the Italian Alps, Turin, and Nepal over seven months, beginning in the summer of 2021.[2][3]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10.[4]
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