The Eight Mountains

A story of the search for the meaning of life and male friendship against the backdrop of the breathtaking landscape of the Italian Alps. The Cannes award-winning film by Felix Van Groningen ("The Broken Circle Breakdown") is a moving journey of self-discovery and coming of age.

Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Pietro, raised in Turin, spends a summer in the Alps and befriends Bruno, the only child of a nearly abandoned mountain village. In the years that follow, Bruno remains in the lonely but free life of the mountain, while Pietro wanders, searching for his destination. Their friendship, however, remains alive.