The Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne)

A very good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Felix van Groeningen and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, I always had a weak spot for van Groeningen’s work and I think it was probably his most ambitious work so far. Indeed, it was one thing to direct his first English speaking feature with ‘Beautiful Boy’ but it seemed to be even trickier to do a movie in Italian with a bunch of Italian actors. What was even more impressive was how he completely nailed it. Indeed, it turned out to be such an epic and yet intimate friendship going over more than 3 decades. I really loved the opening scenes and it reminded me of the days I was growing up in a small village in France. Indeed, I did exactly the ” read more

“(DVD) Amistad mas allá del romance, cosmopolitismo y refugio de montaña como dualidad y alternancia. Todavía se podía combinar esos mundos a pocos kms dos décadas atrás...” read more

My trips to the cinema 2023 (410 movies items)

"SCREENING: Regular DATE: May 16th CINEMA: Picturehouse LOCATION: Greenwich"