Detroit Film Theatre: The Eight Mountains

Adapted from an award-winning novel by Italian writer Paolo Cognetti, this breathtaking, grand, intimate film follows the decades-long relationship between boyhood friends Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi), who meet when Pietro's well-off family vacations in Bruno's tiny Alpine village. Over the years, their friendship waxes and wanes, but the two reconnect after the death of Pietro's father and decide to build, by hand, the remote Alpine cabin the father had dreamed of. Winner of the Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival. In Italian, English, and Nepali with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 / $7.50 for seniors, students, and members. Online purchases include a $1.50 convenience fee per transaction.