Review of The Eight Mountains

The scenery is beautiful, the acting works- and yet something in the heart of the story seems missing. Caveat- I have not read the book so I do not know if there is something missing there as well. Movies don't need to spell everything out (of course) but there are many places in the film where there is not enough in the film to support key facets or turning points in the film. The rupture in the relationship between Pietro and his father- and the subsequent regrets, for example. The relationship between Pietro's family and Bruno. The effect on Pietro's romantic relationship of his friendship with Bruno and his sudden departures. And of course, is this relationship a pure friendship or did one or the other or both have homoerotic feelings for the other? And then there are the final conclusions Pietro utters-these seem at odds with what the film has been saying all along. Why the shift? In the end, the key events and shifts in plot and character come across as abrupt and without a solid foundation.

With all this, I can guess of course but some view of the underpinnings is necessary for me to care.