![]() It's there that he meets another boy about the same age, named Bruno, who lives on a small farm nearby. The story is narrated by Pietro, a young boy from the city of Turin who's spending a summer in the Alps with his parents. ![]() The mountain scenery is spectacular - see this one in a theater if you can - but it's the richness of the emotional journey that stays with you. Adapted from Paolo Cognetti's 2016 debut novel, it tells the story of two young boys who meet in the Italian Alps and forge a life-changing bond. The best of the bunch is the new Italian-language drama The Eight Mountains, which was written and directed by the Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch. ![]() So it's been refreshing to encounter films that have recently bucked the trend, like Armageddon Timeand the Oscar-nominated Close. Over the past several months I've seen a few unusually heartfelt movies about male friendship - a subject that Hollywood likes to milk for laughs but rarely treats with the sincerity and sensitivity it deserves. ![]() Bruno (Alessandro Borghi) and Pietro (Luca Marinelli) reconnect in the Italian Alps as adults in The Eight Mountains. ![]()
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