The eight mountains

Directed by Director's notes
  • Felix van Groeningen e Charlotte Vandermeersch
Directed by
  • Felix van Groeningen e Charlotte Vandermeersch
Year
  • 2022
Length
  • 147 min.
Year
  • 2022
Length
  • 147 min.
Cast
  • Luca Marinelli
  • Alessandro Borghi
  • Filippo Timi
  • Elena Lietti
  • Elisabetta Mazzullo
Synopsis

”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. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.

Director's notes
  • “The Eight Mountains” is written and directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch.

    The film, starring Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, and Elena Lietti, brings to the big screen a successful novel by Italian writer Paolo Cognetti. Produced by Mario Gianani
    and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle Company, with Belgium’s Rufus and Menuetto, France’s Pyramide Productions and Vision Distribution, and produced in collaboration with UK’s Elastic and with Sky.

    The executive producer is Louis Tisné from UK’s Elastic. Vision Distribution is both the coproducer and the international sales agent for the film and it will be distributing it in Italy. Their French counterpart is Pyramide Distribution, while Kinepolis Film Distribution will be handling the Benelux area together with Dutch FilmWorks.
Direction and screenplay
  • Felix van Groeningen
  • Charlotte Vandermeersch
Based on the novel
  • “Le otto montagne” by Paolo Cognetti (Giulio Einaudi Editore)
Produced by
  • Mario Gianani
  • Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside
  • a Fremantle Group company
Co-produced by
  • Rufus/Menuetto
  • Pyramide Productions
  • Vision Distribution
In collaboration with
  • Elastic
  • Sky
Executive producers
  • Olivia Sleiter
  • Louis Tisné per Elastic
Editing
  • Nico Leunen
Scenography
  • Massimiliano Nocente
Director of photography
  • Ruben Impens
Costumes
  • Francesca Maria Brunori
Music
  • Daniel Norgren
Live sound
  • Alessandro Palmerini
Casting
  • Francesco Vedovati
General organizer
  • Rocco Messere
International distributor
  • Vision Distribution
Director's notes
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“The Eight Mountains” is written and directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch.

The film, starring Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, and Elena Lietti, brings to the big screen a successful novel by Italian writer Paolo Cognetti. Produced by Mario Gianani
and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle Company, with Belgium’s Rufus and Menuetto, France’s Pyramide Productions and Vision Distribution, and produced in collaboration with UK’s Elastic and with Sky.

The executive producer is Louis Tisné from UK’s Elastic. Vision Distribution is both the coproducer and the international sales agent for the film and it will be distributing it in Italy. Their French counterpart is Pyramide Distribution, while Kinepolis Film Distribution will be handling the Benelux area together with Dutch FilmWorks.