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THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS World Cinema

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North American Premiere

In THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti, two friends navigate a lifelong friendship. Twelve-year-old Pietro (Luca Marinelli) is vacationing with his family in a remote alpine village when he meets Bruno (Alessandro Borghi), one of its 14 inhabitants. Throughout the next three decades, Pietro will visit each year, his family escaping bustling Turin to summit the surrounding mountains. Bruno remains, building a modest life amid the sprawling expanse. As the two come into adulthood their friendship evolves in surprising ways, seemingly predetermined by their origins, their relationships with their fathers, and with the surrounding landscape. This sprawling, but delicate tale of friendship, featuring stunning cinematography, was written and directed by Oscar®-nominated Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch (THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN), and shared the Jury Prize in this year’s Cannes competition. –Malin Kan

Bios

Felix van Groeningen is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is known for THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN and BELGICA, with the former being nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards®. He made his English-language debut with the biographical drama BEAUTIFUL BOY.

Charlotte Vandermeersch is an acclaimed Belgian stage and screen actress. She also sings and writes for film and theater. In 2011 she wrote a version of the screenplay of THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN with partner Felix van Groeningen. THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS is her first film as co-director.