The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village.
A bloated 147-minute film entirely lacking in stakes and betraying an over-reliance on its literary roots.| Read in full: The Eight Mountains film review We Love Cinema
It is not being too facetious to call this the straight Brokeback Mountain.The Guardian
As beautiful in its visuals as it is poetic in its homage to friendship.Little White Lies
It is good to see friendship here portrayed with as much complexity as sexual relationships so often are.Sight & Sound
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
