2022 – 67th Edition
Official section - Feature films

Le otto montagne

Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Italy / Belgium / France
 - 2022
Opta a: Espiga Verde

Pietro is a city boy. Every year he spends the summer with his family in the place where Bruno lives, the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years, Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro comes and goes. Their experiences will bring them face to face with love and loss. And as the years go by, Pietro and Bruno will discover what it means to be friends for life.

Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch

Felix Van Groeningen was born in 1977 in Ghent (Belgium), where he graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) with the short film ‘50CC’ (2000). In 2004, he made his feature-length debut with ‘Steve + Sky’, which was followed by ‘With Friends Like These’ (2007), ‘The Misfortunates’ (2009) and ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ (2012), which earned him an Oscar nomination, a César award and awards at festivals around the world. His filmography also features films like ‘Belgica’ (2016) and ‘Beautiful Boy’ (2018). Charlotte Vandermeersch was born in 1983 in Oudenaarde (Belgium) and graduated from Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp before starting a successful acting career in 2008. She has worked in films, in television series such as ‘Red Sonja’ and with theatre companies like SKaGeN, Olympique Dramatique or the theatre group Lazarus , of which she was a member between 2013 and 2020. ‘The Eight Mountains’ (2022) won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival.

DIRECTOR
Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
SCREENPLAY
Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ruben Impens
EDITOR
Nico Leunen
SOUND
Alessandro Palmerini, Andrea Caretti
MUSIC
Daniel Norgren
PRODUCTION
Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Hans Everaert, Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandemeersch, Stéphane Parthenay, Robin Boespflug-Vonier
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Vision Distribution, Wildside, Rufus, Menuetto, Pyramide Productions
CAST
Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Cristiano Sassella, Lupo Barbiero, Andrea Palma
RUNNING TIME
147 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2022
COUNTRY
Italy / Belgium / France
CONTACT
IN SPAIN

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