Review: 'The Eight Mountains' is a luminous, gentle stunner

Seasons and years blow through the high alpine peaks of the decades-spanning “The Eight Mountains." But a warm, abiding glow persists throughout this tender, even restorative epic of male friendship, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review. The film, by Belgian filmmakers Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen, is a stunning, often profound and frequently jaw-droppingly gorgeous tale of two friends from childhood through adulthood set against the Italian Alps. Vast and intimate at once, their luminously languid adaptation of Paolo Cognetti’s bestseller conjures a sublime meditation. “The Eight Mountains” opens in theaters Friday.