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.
Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
Director
To be honest, we didn’t know that we would make this film entirely together.
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Technical Cast
Written and directed by
Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
Cinematography
Ruben Impens
Music
Daniel Norgren
Costume design
Francesca Maria Brunori
Casting
Francesco Vedovati
Executive Producers
Olivia Sleiter
Louis Tisné for UK’s Elastic
Co-producers
Rufus/Menuetto
Pyramide Productions
Vision Distribution
With the participation of
CANAL+
CINE+
International Distribution
Vision Distribution
Based on the book
“The Eight Mountains” by Paolo Cognetti (published in Italy by Giulio Eianudi Editore)
Editing
Nico Leunen
Set design
Massimiliano Nocente
Boom Operator
Alessandro Palmerini
Line Producer
Rocco Messere
Producers
Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle Company
In collaboration with
Elastic
In collaboration with
SKY